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Ezra 5:12

Ezra 5:12

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But after: 2 Kings 21:12-15; 2 Chronicles 34:24-25, 2 Chronicles 36:16-17; Nehemiah 9:26-27; Isaiah 59:1-2; Jeremiah 5:29; Daniel 9:5

he gave: Deuteronomy 28:15-68, Deuteronomy 29:24-28, Deuteronomy 31:17, Deuteronomy 32:30; Judges 2:14, Judges 4:2, Judges 6:1; 1 Kings 9:6-9; 2 Chronicles 7:19-22; Psalms 106:40

into the hand: 2 Kings 24:2, 2 Kings 24:10-17, 2 Kings 25:1, 2 Kings 25:8-11, 2 Kings 25:12-30; 2 Chronicles 36:6-10; Jeremiah 39:1-14; Daniel 1:1-2

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