Ye have nothing: Nehemiah 2:20; John 4:22-23; Acts 8:21; Romans 9:4-5; 3 John 1:9-10
king Cyrus: Ezra 1:1-3, Ezra 6:3-5; 2 Chronicles 36:22-23; Isaiah 44:28, Isaiah 45:1, Isaiah 45:4; Matthew 10:16
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Ezra 4:3
Ezra 4:3
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