Ezra 5:5
King James Version
5 But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter.
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Ezra 5:5
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5 But (A)the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, so that they could not make them cease till a report could go to Darius. Then a (B)written answer was returned concerning this matter.
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Ezra 7:6
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6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him.
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Ezra 7:6
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6 this Ezra came up from Babylon; and he was (A)a skilled scribe in the Law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given. The king granted him all his request, (B)according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him.
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Ezra 7:28
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28 And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the Lord my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
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Ezra 7:28
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28 and (A)has extended mercy to me before the king and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty princes.
So I was encouraged, as (B)the hand of the Lord my God was upon me; and I gathered leading men of Israel to go up with me.
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Ezra 9:9
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9 For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
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Ezra 9:9
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9 (A)For we were slaves. (B)Yet our God did not forsake us in our bondage; but (C)He extended mercy to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to revive us, to repair the house of our God, to rebuild its ruins, and to give us (D)a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.
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Nehemiah 2:1
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2 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
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Nehemiah 2:1
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Nehemiah Sent to Judah
2 And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of (A)King [a]Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, that (B)I took the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had never been sad in his presence before.
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- Nehemiah 2:1 Artaxerxes Longimanus
Daniel 2:48
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48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
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Daniel 2:48
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48 (A)Then the king promoted Daniel (B)and gave him many great gifts; and he made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and (C)chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon.
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