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seem_v to_o call_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d *_o which_o be_v very_o near_o to_o assâ—…baras_n and_o consequent_o to_o asuerus_n which_o cyaxares_n the_o mede_n give_v his_o daughter_n nicrotis_n to_o nabuchadnezzar_n the_o son_n of_o nabopolassar_n to_o wife_n who_o therefore_o be_v the_o sister_n of_o darius_n the_o mede_n as_o well_o as_o mandane_n who_o be_v the_o mother_n of_o cyrus_n the_o persian_a of_o the_o séed_n of_o the_o mede_n for_o he_o be_v son_n to_o cyaxares_n king_n of_o media_n who_o be_v a_o infant_n in_o a_o manner_n his_o father_n commit_v to_o the_o tutelage_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n his_o son_n in_o law_n when_o he_o die_v together_o with_o his_o kingdom_n over_o which_o nabuchadnezzar_n set_v astyages_n of_o near_a a_o kin_n to_o nicrotis_n his_o wife_n haply_o her_o uncle_n but_o upon_o nebuchadnezzar_n death_n cyrus_n rebel_v against_o astyages_n by_o some_o intimation_n from_o his_o uncle_n darius_n and_o overcome_v he_o after_o he_o have_v reign_v 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that_o the_o expiration_n of_o the_o seventy_o year_n captivity_n of_o the_o jew_n in_o babylon_n be_v near_o at_o hand_n as_o it_o appear_v in_o the_o follow_a verse_n 2._o in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n i_o daniel_n understand_v by_o the_o book_n for_o there_o be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o jew_n than_o the_o book_n of_o moses_n and_o the_o prophet_n that_o they_o may_v know_v their_o transgression_n punishment_n and_o time_n of_o appoint_a mercy_n the_o number_n of_o the_o year_n whereof_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n come_v to_o jeremiah_n the_o prophet_n jerâ—…m_n 25._o 11._o 12._o and_o this_o whole_a land_n shall_v be_v a_o desolation_n and_o astonishment_n and_o it_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v when_o seventy_o year_n be_v accomplish_v i_o will_v punish_v the_o king_n of_o babylon_n etc._n etc._n and_o the_o whole_a race_n of_o his_o son_n be_v exstinct_a in_o belshazzar_n kill_v at_o the_o take_n of_o babylon_n by_o cyrus_n and_o ch._n 27._o ver_fw-la 7._o 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will_v accomplish_v seventy_o year_n in_o the_o desolation_n
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