Hanani: Nehemiah 7:2
I asked: Psalms 122:6-9, Psalms 137:5-6
that had escaped: Ezra 9:8-9, Ezra 9:14; Jeremiah 44:14; Ezekiel 6:9, Ezekiel 7:16, Ezekiel 24:26-27
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Nehemiah 1:2
Nehemiah 1:2
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