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| 1 Reign of Josiah (1:1-31) And the people of Israel who were present at that time kept the passover and the festival of unleavened bread seven days. (1:19) | Festival of seven days | 5 The debate of the three bodyguards (3:1-4:63) they feasted, with music and rejoicing, for seven days (4:63) |
| 2 The last kings of Judah (1:32-55) they were servants to him and to his sons until the Persians began to reign, in fulfillment of the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah (1:57) | Till the era of Persians | 4 Opposition to rebuilding Jerusalem (2:15-25) the building of the temple in Jerusalem stopped until the second year of the reign of King Darius of the Persians (2:30) |
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| 5 The debate of the three bodyguards (3:1-4:63) see 1-1 | see 1-1 | 9 Official permission granted (6:1-33) see 1-1 |
| 6 List of the returning exiles (5:1-45) see 1-1 | see 1-1 | 8 Interference of enemies (5:63-70) see 1-1 |
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| 9 Official permission granted (6:1-33) And in Ecbatana, the fortress that is in the country of Media, a scroll was found in which this was recorded (6:23) | To read a scroll | 13 Ezra reads the law of the people (9:37-55) So Ezra the chief priest brought the law, for all the multitude, men and women, and all the priests to hear the law, on the new moon of the seventh month (9:40) |
| 10 The passover (7:1-15) The people of Israel who had returned from exile ate it, all those who had separated themselves from the abominations of the peoples of the land and sought the Lord (7:13) | Pagan | 12 The expulsion of foreign wives (8:65-9:36) The people of Israel and the rulers and the priests and the Levites have not put away from themselves the alien peoples of the land and their pollutions (8:69) |