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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Archevite
People of Erech, better known as Uruk, settled in Samaria by the Assyrians. Later they wrote to the Persian king against the rebuilding of Jerusalem's temple. Uruk itself was one of the world's earliest cities, the traditional setting of the Epic of Gilgamesh, and its ruins have been dug in modern Iraq.
People of Erech, better known as Uruk, settled in Samaria by the Assyrians. Later they wrote to the Persian king against the rebuilding of Jerusalem's temple. Uruk itself was one of the world's earliest cities, the traditional setting of the Epic of Gilgamesh, and its ruins have been dug in modern Iraq.
Archevites were people of Erech, the ancient Mesopotamian city better known as Uruk, among the foreign populations the Assyrians settled in Samaria who later wrote to the Persian king opposing the rebuilding of Jerusalem's temple. Uruk was one of the world's earliest cities and the traditional setting of the Epic of Gilgamesh, and its extensive ruins have been excavated in modern Iraq.
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- Ezra 4:9
