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NASB | Ezra 1:1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying: |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ezra 1:1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia [that is, the first year he ruled Babylon], in order to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah [the prophet], the LORD stirred up (put in motion) the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying: [Jer 29:10-14] |
Subject: Exiled Judeans and Israelites |
Bible Note: Did you know that the exiled Judeans and Israelites led different lives? Whilst the Judeans maintained their national identity in Babylonia and eventually returned to their homeland and Jerusalem under the Persian king Cyrus the Great, the ten Israelite tribes, in contrast, assimilated over time and merged into the local population. Any archaeological discovery that confirms The Word is a joy for the devout believer who has no doubts in the first place to the measured skeptic who may have been brought that much closer to belief. CARTA-JERUSALEM is about to publish “Bound for Exile: Israelites and Judeans under Imperial Yoke,” the first annotated collection of documents from Assyria and Babylonia from cuneiform sources, that deal with the fate and daily life of the Israelite and Judean exiles. Mordechai Cogan, whose "The Raging Torrent, Historical Inscriptions from Assyria and Babylonia Relating to Ancient Israel," was published by Carta Jerusalem, now fleshes out the imperial documents of that collection in his new, soon to be published, companion volume "Bound for Exile," with all available documents that relate to day to day activities and administrative matters. Another "first" from Carta-Jerusalem, it is a most valuable companion piece of the earlier volume. |
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