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Nehemiah 13:6

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But in all this [time] I was not at Jerusalem; for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king: and after certain days asked I leave of the king,

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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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Babylon was the Persian imperial center where King Artaxerxes resided, while Jerusalem was Judah

Places in this passage

Nehemiah 13:6 mentions Ammon, Ashdod, Babylon, Jerusalem, Moab and Tyre.

Ammon · Berthold Werner
Ashdod · Yairapple
Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky
Jerusalem · Godot13

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