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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezra 4:7

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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4:7 The exact date of these events is unknown, but they might have occurred around the same time as an Egyptian revolt in 448 BC (a few years before Artaxerxes I sent Nehemiah to Jerusalem in 445 BC). If so, the enemies of Judah and Artaxerxes probably thought that the Jews would revolt as the Egyptians had. • Aramaic was the international diplomatic language of the Persian Empire.
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