am 3547, bc 457
Artaxerxes: Ezra 7:12, Ezra 7:21, Ezra 6:14; Nehemiah 2:1
Ezra: Ezra 7:10, 8:1-10:44; Nehemiah 8:2-9
Hilkiah: 2 Kings 22:4, 2 Kings 22:8; 2 Chronicles 34:9, 2 Chronicles 34:15
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Ezra 7:1
Ezra 7:1
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