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491 B
Markdown
15 lines
491 B
Markdown
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## separated themselves from the uncleanness of the people ##
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The Jewish people did not intermarry and kept themselves from following after the local religions.
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## turned the heart of Assyria's king ##
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God made the Assyrian King to have compassion on the building of the temple of God.
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## to strengthen their hands in the work of his house ##
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God had the assyrian King to encourage the Jewish people who were rebuilding the temple to continue in this work.
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## his house ##
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The temple
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