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  • JC Potgieter

2022-09-28
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  1. Ezra 4:5 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Who were bribed?

Ezra 4:5 (ESV)

5 and bribed counselors against them to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

These people bribed Persian officials with money and other goods to work against the people of Israel.

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