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Ezra 8:24

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Then I set apart twelve of the chiefs of the priests, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them,

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The Babylonian and Persian EmpiresThe Babylonian and Persian empires that carried Judah into exile and later allowed the return.

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Ahava was a gathering place in Babylonia, likely by a canal, where Ezra assembled return

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Ezra 8:24 mentions Ahava, Babylonia, Beyond the River, Casiphia and Jerusalem.

Babylonia · Radomir Vrbovsky
Beyond the River · Bazminbaz
Casiphia · Radomir Vrbovsky
Jerusalem · Godot13

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