Nehemiah 7:5

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My God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found written therein:

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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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Nehemiah 7:5 mentions Addon, Ai, Azmaveth, Babylon, Bethel, Bethlehem, Chephirah, Cherub, Geba, Gibeon, Gilead, Hadid, Immer, Jericho, Jerusalem, Kiriath-jearim, Lod, Michmash, Netophah, Ono and Ramah.

Photo of Babylon — Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky

Photo of Bethlehem — Bethlehem · Berthold Werner