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Ezra 6:22

Ezra 6:22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

the feast: Exodus 12:15-20, Exodus 13:6-7; 2 Chronicles 30:21, 2 Chronicles 35:17; Matthew 26:17; 1 Corinthians 5:7-8

turned: Ezra 7:27; Proverbs 16:7, Proverbs 21:1; John 19:11

the king: Darius, as reigning over the country of Assyria, is here called "the king of Assyria." Ezra 6:6-12, Ezra 1:1; 2 Kings 23:29; 2 Chronicles 33:11; Zechariah 10:10-11

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