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Esth 11:2

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From the early Church Fathers to now.

Esth 11:2 · Douay-Rheims
“In the second year of the reign of Artaxerxes the great, in the first day of the month Nisan, Mardochai the son of Jair, the son of Semei, the son of Cis, of the tribe of Benjamin:”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
George Leo Haydock Catholic
1774–1849
“Second year, the same when Darius gave an edict for building the temple, (1 Esdras iv.; Tirinus) and the year before the great feast, (chap. i. 3.) when the Jews little thought of such danger hanging over them. (Calmet) (Worthington) — Benjamin. Chap. ii. 5., we read Jemini, which shews that they have the same import. (Tirinus)”
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Modern · 1953 →

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