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It was the twelfth year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, who ruled over the Assyrians in the great city of Nineveh. In those days Arphaxad ruled over the Medes in Ecbatana.
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It was the twelfth year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, who ruled over the Assyrians in the great city of Nineveh. In those days Arphaxad ruled over the Medes in Ecbatana.
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He built walls around Ecbatana with hewn stones three cubits thick and six cubits long; he made the walls seventy cubits high and fifty cubits wide.
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At its gates he raised towers one hundred cubits high and sixty cubits wide at the foundations.
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He made its gates seventy cubits high and forty cubits wide to allow his armies to march out in force and his infantry to form their ranks.
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Then King Nebuchadnezzar made war against King Arphaxad in the great plain that is on the borders of Ragau.
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