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Ezra

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But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.

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BABEL, BABYLON (1)ba'-bel, bab'-i-lon (Topographical): Babylon was the Greek name of the city written in the cuneiform script of the Babylonians, bab-ili, which means in Semitic, "the gate of god." The Hebrews called the country, as well as the city, Babhel. This name they considered came from the' root, balal, "to confound" (Genesis 11:9). The name in Sumer... View Details

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American Standard Version But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.
King James Bible But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.
Hebrew Greek English But after that because our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto to wrath, he He gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, temple and carried deported the people away into to Babylon.
New American Standard Bible 1995 But after that because our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto to wrath, he He gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, temple and carried deported the people away into to Babylon.