Ezra 7:23 (KJV)

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Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons

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Whatsoever is commanded. Chal. Whatsoever is of the decree. Ezr 7:13 Ezr 7:18

let it be. Ps 119:4

why should there be wrath.As Artaxerxes believed he was appointed by the Almighty to do this work, he therefore wished to do it heartily; knowing that if he did not, God would be displeased, and that the kingdom would be cut off from him or his posterity. Ezr 6:10-12 Zec 12:3

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