Ezra 4:2
and they came to Zerubbabel, and to the princes of fathers, and said to them, Build we with you, for so as ye do, we seek your God; lo! we have offered sacrifices from the days of Esar-haddon, king of Assur, that brought us hither into this land.This verse in the real world
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- אֵסַר־חַדּוֹןʼÊçar-ChaddôwnEsar-chaddon, an Assyrian king
- זְרֻבָּבֶלZᵉrubbâbelZerubbabel, an Israelite
- נָגַשׁnâgashto be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a
- זָבַחzâbachto slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
- אַשּׁוּרʼAshshûwrAshshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.
- דָּרַשׁdârashproperly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication,
- בָּנָהbânâhto build (literally and figuratively)
- רֹאשׁrôʼshthe head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of
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