we do: 2 Kings 17:24, 2 Kings 17:27-33, 2 Kings 17:41
Esarhaddon: Ezra 4:10, Asnappar, 2 Kings 19:37
Assur: Genesis 10:11; Psalms 73:8; Isaiah 37:37, Assyria, Hosea 14:3, Asshur
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Ezra 4:2
Ezra 4:2
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