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Daniel 1:2

Daniel 1:2

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the Lord: Daniel 2:37-38, Daniel 5:18; Deuteronomy 28:49-52, Deuteronomy 32:30; Judges 2:14, Judges 3:8, Judges 4:2; Psalms 106:41-42; Isaiah 42:24

with part: Daniel 5:2; 2 Chronicles 36:7; Jeremiah 27:19-20

Shinar: Genesis 10:10, Genesis 11:2; Isaiah 11:11; Zechariah 5:11

and he: Daniel 5:2-3; Judges 16:23-24; 1 Samuel 5:2, 1 Samuel 31:9-10; Ezra 1:7; Jeremiah 51:44; Habakkuk 1:16

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