the king's commissions: Ezra 7:21-24
lieutenants: Ezra 4:7-23, Ezra 5:6-17
they furthered: Ezra 6:13; Isaiah 56:6-7; Acts 18:27; Revelation 12:16
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Ezra 8:36
Ezra 8:36
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