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Babylon

Babylon (Biblical Place • Babel • 32.537°N, 44.421°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Kgs 17:24 , 2 Kgs 17:30 , 2 Kgs 20:12 , 2 Kgs 20:14 , 2 Kgs 20:17 , 2 Kgs 20:18 (identified with Babel ). Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Babylonian Captivity & Post-Exilic Return—In 586 BCE, Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon destroyed Jerusalem and deported Judah , including King Jehoiachin and High Priest Jehozadak ( 1 Chronicles 6:15 ), before the Persian decree of Cyrus enabled Zerubbabel , Joshua , Ezra , and Nehemiah to rebuild the Temple and walls of Jerusalem .

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Ezra (Generation 48 • Child of Seraiah ): ( Ezra 7:1 ) Ezra was the priest who returned to Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity and recorded the events in the book of the Bible named Ezra. (mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4 , Ezra 7 , Ezra 10 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Babylon (Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Kgs 17:24 , 2 Kgs 17:30 , 2 Kgs 20:12 , 2 Kgs 20:14 , 2 Kgs 20:17 , 2 Kgs 20:18 (identified with Babel ).) Babylonia (Ancient biblical location referenced in Ezra 1:11 , Ezra 2:1 , Ezra 5:12 , Ezra 6:1 , Ezra 7:6 , Ezra 7:9 (identified with Babel ).) 3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: Ishtar Gate of Babylon — Monumental double gate on the northern wall of inner Babylon constructed by King Nebuchadnezzar II around 575 BC during the era of Daniel and the Judean exile, clad in brilliant cobalt-blue glazed bricks embossed with alternating rows of golden lions, bulls (aurochs), and dragons (mušḫuššu). Ancient Babylon Scale Model (600 BC) — Architectural scale model of Neo-Babylonian Babylon around 600 BC from the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem , showing the Euphrates River dividing the walled city, the Processional Way, the Ishtar Gate , Nebuchadnezzar's Southern Palace, and the Etemenanki ziggurat precinct.

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include 2 Chronicles 36:6 : "Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon , and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon ."; 2 Chronicles 36:7 : "Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the Lord to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon."; Matthew 1:17 : "So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into...". Related canonical books and chapters: 2 Kings 25 ( 2 Kings • Chapter 25 (30 verses)), Jeremiah 39 ( Jeremiah • Chapter 39 (18 verses)), Ezra (Old Testament • 10 Chapters).

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Topics, People & Places (36)

Babylon
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Biblical Place • Babel • 32.537°N, 44.421°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Kgs 17:24 , 2 Kgs 17:30 , 2 Kgs 20:12 , 2 Kgs 20:14 , 2 Kgs 20:17 , 2 Kgs 20:18 (identified with Babel ).

Wiki Article • History & Monarchy

In 586 BCE, Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon destroyed Jerusalem and deported Judah , including King Jehoiachin and High Priest Jehozadak ( 1 Chronicles 6:15 ), before the Persian decree of Cyrus enabled Zerubbabel , Joshua , Ezra , and Nehemiah to rebuild the Temple and walls of Jerusalem .

Interactive 3D Babylonian Gate • Daniel 1–4 & 2 Kings 25

Monumental double gate on the northern wall of inner Babylon constructed by King Nebuchadnezzar II around 575 BC during the era of Daniel and the Judean exile, clad in brilliant cobalt-blue glazed bricks embossed with alternating rows of golden lions, bulls (aurochs), and dragons (mušḫuššu).

Interactive 3D Urban Scale Model • Daniel 1–5 & Jeremiah 50–51

Architectural scale model of Neo-Babylonian Babylon around 600 BC from the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem , showing the Euphrates River dividing the walled city, the Processional Way, the Ishtar Gate , Nebuchadnezzar's Southern Palace, and the Etemenanki ziggurat precinct.

Cyrus Cylinder — Declaration of Persian Return (Ezra 1)
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Ancient clay cylinder inscribed in Babylonian cuneiform (539 BCE) detailing Cyrus the Great's decree permitting exiled peoples to return to their homelands and rebuild their sanctuaries.

Babylonian Cuneiform Scribes of Cyrus II • British Museum, London (BM 90920) / Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 4.0
Babylonia
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Biblical Place • Babel • 32.537°N, 44.421°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Ezra 1:11 , Ezra 2:1 , Ezra 5:12 , Ezra 6:1 , Ezra 7:6 , Ezra 7:9 (identified with Babel ).

Map of the Babylonian Empire & Destruction of Jerusalem (586 BCE)
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Nebuchadnezzar's siege lines, destruction of the First Temple , and deportation of the exiles to Babylon .

Historical Biblical Cartographers • Geographicus / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
2 Kings 25
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2 Kings • Chapter 25 (30 verses)

And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem , and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about. And the city was besieged... Mentions: Zedekiah (or Matteniah ), Solomon , Seraiah , Zephaniah , Judah , Babylon , Jerusalem , Jericho , Riblah 1 , Hamath .

Interactive 3D Cuneiform Artifact • Ezra 1:1–4

Ancient barrel-shaped baked clay cylinder inscribed in Babylonian cuneiform on behalf of King Cyrus the Great after his conquest of Babylon in 539 BC, recording his policy of restoring exiled peoples and sacred temple vessels to their homelands—paralleling the decree in Ezra 1:1–4 and 2 Chronicles 36:22–23 .

Ezra
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Generation 48 • Child of Seraiah

( Ezra 7:1 )Ezra was the priest who returned to Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity and recorded the events in the book of the Bible named Ezra.

Jeremiah 39
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Jeremiah • Chapter 39 (18 verses)

In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah , in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem , and they besieged it. And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah , in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up. And all th... Mentions: Zedekiah (or Matteniah), Judah , Jacob/Israel , Babylon , Jerusalem , Jericho , Riblah 1 , Hamath .

Interactive 3D Glazed Brick Relief • Daniel 4:30 & Daniel 7:4

Molded polychrome glazed brick relief panel of a striding roaring lion from the facade of King Nebuchadnezzar II's Throne Room and Processional Way in Babylon —symbolizing royal Babylonian power as echoed in Jeremiah 50:17 and Daniel 7:4 .

Ezra
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Old Testament • 10 Chapters

Ezra (Old Testament, 10 chapters). Key figures: Judah , Jacob/Israel , Benjamin , Zerubbabel , Seraiah , Shephatiah . Key places: Persia , Jerusalem , Babylon , Jeshua , Elam , Netophah . Opens with: "Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia , that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up th..."

Ezra 6
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Ezra • Chapter 6 (22 verses)

Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon . And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written: In the first year of... Mentions: Zechariah , Iddo , Jacob/Israel , Moses , Babylon , Jerusalem , Persia , Assyria .

Nehemiah 7
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Nehemiah • Chapter 7 (73 verses)

Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed, That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem : for he was a faithful man, and feared God above ma... Mentions: Judah , Zerubbabel , Azariah (or Uzziah ), Jacob/Israel , Shephatiah , Jerusalem , Babylon , Jeshua , Elam , Gibeon .

Jeremiah 51
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Jeremiah • Chapter 51 (64 verses)

Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon , and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be aga... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judah , Seraiah , Zedekiah (or Matteniah ), Babylon, Zion , Chaldea , Ararat , Minni .

Ezra 1
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Ezra • Chapter 1 (11 verses)

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia , that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia , that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, Thus saith Cyr... Mentions: Judah , Jacob/Israel , Benjamin , Persia, Jerusalem , Babylon .

Jeremiah 50
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Jeremiah • Chapter 50 (46 verses)

The word that the Lord spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idol... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judah , Ephraim , Babylon, Zion , Chaldea , Assyria , Carmel .

2 Kings 24
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2 Kings • Chapter 24 (20 verses)

In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him. And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites , and bands of the children of Ammon ... Mentions: Jehoiakim (or Eliakim), Moabites , Ammon , Judah , Manasseh , Babylon , Jerusalem , Egypt , Euphrates .

Ezra 5
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Ezra • Chapter 5 (17 verses)

Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo , prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel , even unto them. Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel , and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the ho... Mentions: Zechariah , Iddo , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Zerubbabel , Jerusalem , Jeshua , Babylon .

Daniel 3
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Daniel • Chapter 3 (30 verses)

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura , in the province of Babylon . Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains,... Mentions: Dura , Babylon .

Jeremiah 29
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Jeremiah • Chapter 29 (32 verses)

Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babyl... Mentions: Jehoiachin (or Jeconiah ), Judah , Hilkiah , Zedekiah (or Matteniah ), Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem, Babylon , Anathoth .

Ezra 2
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Ezra • Chapter 2 (70 verses)

Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon , and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah , every one unto his city; Which came with Zerubbabel :... Mentions: Judah , Zerubbabel , Seraiah , Jacob/Israel , Shephatiah , Babylon, Jerusalem , Jeshua , Elam , Netophah .

Ezekiel 26
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Ezekiel • Chapter 26 (21 verses)

And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, because that Tyre hath said against Jerusalem , Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, ... Mentions: Tyre , Jerusalem , Babylon .

Jeremiah 52
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Jeremiah • Chapter 52 (34 verses)

Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem . And his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah . And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. For thro... Mentions: Zedekiah (or Matteniah), Jehoiakim (or Eliakim), Judah , Solomon , Seraiah , Jerusalem , Libnah 1 , Babylon , Jericho , Riblah 1 .

Jeremiah 34
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Jeremiah • Chapter 34 (22 verses)

The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon , and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem , and against all the cities thereof, saying, Thus saith the Lord, the God of Isr... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Zedekiah (or Matteniah ), Judah , Babylon , Jerusalem , Lachish , Azekah , Egypt .

2 Chronicles 36
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 36 (23 verses)

Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah , and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem . Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem . And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condem... Mentions: Jehoahaz (or Johanan ), Josiah , Jehoiakim (or Eliakim ), Judah , Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem, Egypt , Babylon , Persia .

Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 1 Chapters

The Prayer of Manasses King of Judah when He was Held Captive in Babylon ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 1 chapters). Key figures: Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Jacob/Israel . Opens with: "O Lord Almighty, that are in heaven, you God of our fathers, of Abraham , and Isaac , and Jacob , and of their righteous seed;..."

Jeremiah 40
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Jeremiah • Chapter 40 (16 verses)

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after that Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah , when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah , which were carried away captive unto Babylon . And... Mentions: Judah , Ishmael , Johanan , Jonathan , Seraiah , Ramah 1 , Jerusalem , Babylon , Mizpah 3 , Moab .

The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 6 (63 verses)

And king Antiochus was journeying through the upper countries; and he heard say, that in Elymais in Persia there was a city renowned for riches, for silver and gold; and that the temple which was in it was rich exceedingly, and that therein were golden shields, and breastplates, ... Mentions: Judah , Jacob/Israel , Judas , Eleazar , Persia , Babylon , Jerusalem , Media , Antioch 1 .

Jeremiah 21
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Jeremiah • Chapter 21 (14 verses)

The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Malchijah , and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying, Enquire, I pray thee, of the Lord for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that t... Mentions: Zedekiah (or Matteniah), Malchijah , Zephaniah , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Babylon .

Jeremiah 20
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Jeremiah • Chapter 20 (18 verses)

Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the Lord, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things. Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin , which was by the house of the Lord.... Mentions: Benjamin , Judah , Immer , Babylon .

Daniel
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Old Testament • 12 Chapters

Daniel (Old Testament, 12 chapters). Key figures: Jehoiakim (or Eliakim ), Judah , Jacob/Israel , Daniel, Azariah (or Uzziah ), Elam . Key places: Babylon , Jerusalem , Shinar , Dura , Elam , Ulai . Opens with: "In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem , and besieged it...."

Isaiah 39
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Isaiah • Chapter 39 (8 verses)

At that time Merodach–baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon , sent letters and a present to Hezekiah : for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered. And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and th... Mentions: Hezekiah, Jeshaiah ( Isaiah ), Babylon .

Jeremiah 32
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Jeremiah • Chapter 32 (44 verses)

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah , which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar. For then the king of Babylon 's army besieged Jerusalem : and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the kin... Mentions: Zedekiah (or Matteniah), Judah , Shallum , Benjamin , Jacob/Israel , Babylon , Jerusalem , Anathoth , Egypt , Baal .

Baruch 1
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Baruch • Chapter 1 (22 verses)

AND these are the words of the book, which Baruch the son of Nerias, the son of Maaseas, the son of Sedekias, the son of Asadias, the son of Helkias, wrote in Babylon , in the fifth year, and in the seventh day of the month, what time as the Chaldeans took Jerusalem , and burned i... Mentions: Judah , Moses , Babylon , Jerusalem , Egypt .

Scripture Passages (24)

2 Chronicles 36:6 (KJV)
2 Chronicles 36 KJV

Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon , and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon .

2 Chronicles 36:7 (KJV)
2 Chronicles 36 KJV

Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the Lord to Babylon , and put them in his temple at Babylon .

Matthew 1:17 (KJV)
Matthew 1 KJV

So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.

2 Kings 25:8 (KJV)
2 Kings 25 KJV

And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon , came Nebuzar–adan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon , unto Jerusalem :

Matthew 1:12 (KJV)
Matthew 1 KJV

And after they were brought to Babylon , Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;

As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.

Matthew 1:11 (KJV)
Matthew 1 KJV

And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon :

So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon , even all these words that are written against Babylon .

Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah .

By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah , (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon ) saying,

And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the Lord shall be performed against Babylon , to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.

Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon , and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem ;

Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah ; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon , and put him in prison till the day of his death.

And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon .

Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the Lord's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon :

Deliver thyself, O Zion , that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon .

And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon , and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon .

Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon , and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon .

Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon , make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the Lord hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon .

Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon , came Nebuzar–adan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon , into Jerusalem ,

The burden of Babylon , which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

2 Kings 25:20 (KJV)
2 Kings 25 KJV

And Nebuzar–adan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah :

But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon , the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon .

And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon , saying, The Lord make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;

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