Discovery BoxEzra 4:1-10
Now when the adversaries
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<06862>
of Judah
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<03063>
and Benjamin
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<01144>
that the children
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<01121>
of the captivity
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<01473>
the temple
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<01964>
unto the LORD
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<03068>
God
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<0430>
of Israel
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{the children...: Heb. the sons of the transportation}<03478>_;
to Zerubbabel
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<02216>_,
and to the chief
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<07218>
of the fathers
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<01>_,
your God
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<0430>_,
unto him since the days
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<03117>
of Esarhaddon
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<0634>
king
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<04428>
of Assur
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But Zerubbabel
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<02216>_,
and Jeshua
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<03442>_,
and the rest
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<07605>
of the chief
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<07218>
of the fathers
<01>
<01>
of Israel
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<03478>_,
an house
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<01004>
unto our God
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<0430>_;
but we ourselves together
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<03162>
unto the LORD
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<03068>
God
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<0430>
of Israel
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<03478>_,
as king
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<04428>
Cyrus
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<03566>
the king
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<04428>
of Persia
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us.<06539>
Then the people
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of the land
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<0776>
the hands
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of the people
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of Judah
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<03063>_,
their purpose
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all the days
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<03117>
of Cyrus
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<03566>
king
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<04428>
of Persia
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<06539>_,
even until the reign
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<04438>
of Darius
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<01867>
king
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<04428>
of Persia
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<06539>_.
And in the reign
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<04438>
of Ahasuerus
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<0325>_,
in the beginning
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<08462>
of his reign
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<04438>_,
they [unto him] an accusation
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of Judah
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<03063>
and Jerusalem
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{Ahasuerus: Heb. Ahashverosh}<03389>_.
And in the days
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<03117>
of Artaxerxes
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<0783>
Bishlam
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<01312>_,
Mithredath
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<04990>_,
Tabeel
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<02870>_,
and the rest
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<07605>
of their companions
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<03674>_,
unto Artaxerxes
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<0783>
king
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<04428>
of Persia
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<06539>_;
and the writing
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of the letter
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<05406>
in the Syrian tongue
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in the Syrian tongue
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{Bishlam: or, in peace} {companions: Heb. societies}<0762>_.
Rehum
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and Shimshai
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the scribe
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<05613>
a
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<02298>
letter
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<0104>
against
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<05922>
Jerusalem
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<03390>
to Artaxerxes
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<0783>
the king
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<04430>
in this sort
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{scribe: or, secretary}<03660>_:
Then
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<0116>
[wrote] Rehum
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<07348>
and Shimshai
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<08124>
the scribe
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<05613>_,
and the rest
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<07606>
of their companions
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<03675>_;
the Dinaites
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<01784>_,
the Apharsathchites
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<0671>_,
the Tarpelites
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<02967>_,
the Apharsites
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<0670>_,
the Archevites
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<0756>_,
the Babylonians
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<0896>_,
the Susanchites
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<07801>_,
the Dehavites
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<01723>_,
[and] the Elamites
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{companions: Chaldee, societies}<05962>_,
