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330:). 1 Esdras 5:66–73 is an equivalent of Ezra 4:1–5 (Work hindered until second year of Darius's reign), whereas 1 Esdras 2:15–26 is an equivalent of Ezra 4:7–24 (Artaxerxes' reign).
729:, and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar brought over, and set in the city of Samaria, and in the rest of the country beyond the River, and so forth, wrote.
653:", "kingdom". The view which identifies this Artaxerxes with Pseudo-Smerdis or Gomates, the usurper of the Persian crown on the death of Cambyses, has no well-attested evidence.
519:"To frustrate their purpose": in sense of 'to seek, "under the guise of advice and interest, to seduce the exiles from following the mind of God to follow a different mind"'.
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1825:(2007). "15. Ezra-Nehemiah". In
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1794:McConville, J. G. (1985).
1766:Levering, Matthew (2007).
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1403:Notes on Ezra 3:2 in NKJV
1336:Notes on Ezra 4:1 in NKJV
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1894:January 26,
1852:February 6,
1813:October 28,
1785:October 28,
1757:October 28,
1703:October 28,
1640:October 28,
1521:Ezra 4:9–10
1087:Ulrich 2010
971:Grabbe 2003
938:Baba Bathra
923:Grabbe 2003
911:Halley 1965
877:The extant
711:Verses 9–10
473:high priest
221:Koine Greek
207:are of the
2281:Categories
2246:Septuagint
2183:Zerubbabel
2108:Artaxerxes
1552:. Biblehub
1502:. Biblehub
1450:. Biblehub
1422:Ezra 4:4–5
1323:Ezra 4:1–2
1278:(Vol. 1),
898:References
723:Apharsites
689:mə-ṯur-gām
673:niš-tə-wān
647:Arta-bazus
506:Verses 4–5
477:Haggai 1:1
440:Esarhaddon
406:Haggai 1:1
394:Zerubbabel
376:Verses 1–2
229:Septuagint
225:Septuagint
150:Chronicler
2178:Zechariah
2158:Shealtiel
2098:Ahasuerus
2072:Jerusalem
1924:Christian
1586:Ezra 4:24
827:Jerusalem
807:Ahasuerus
757:verses 20
694:’ă-rā-mîṯ
683:’ă-rā-mîṯ
599:language.
547:Ahasuerus
327:Ἔσδρας Βʹ
305:Ἔσδρας Αʹ
154:chapter 1
123:Christian
35:chapter 5
30:chapter 3
2199:Nethinim
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2067:Ecbatana
1988:chapters
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1833:(eds.).
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1434:Ezra 4:6
1390:Ezra 4:3
1266:(1985),
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846:Haggai 2
836:Related
832:Xerxes I
822:Darius I
801:See also
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765:verse 23
727:Elamites
651:Khsathra
627:Ezra 7:1
608:ארתחששתא
577:Cambyses
565:Xerxes I
423:Assyrian
318:Nehemiah
302:(Greek:
300:1 Esdras
81:Category
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2192:Phrases
2153:Levites
2062:Babylon
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533:Verse 6
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205:Aramaic
189:Aramaic
132:in the
121:of the
117:in the
85:Ketuvim
37: →
28:←
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2133:Haggai
2118:Darius
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436:Sargon
201:Hebrew
111:Ezra 4
52:Daniel
22:Ezra 4
2148:Judah
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2113:Cyrus
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2077:Sidon
2057:Ahava
1985:Bible
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