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137:2",{"question":479,"options":480,"reference":483,"difficulty":137},"Which king of Babylon released King Jehoiachin from prison?",[481,124,125,482],"Awel-Marduk","Nabopolassar","2 Kings 25:27",{"question":485,"options":486,"reference":487,"difficulty":145,"explanation":488},"The temple was rebuilt before Nehemiah rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem.",[345,346],"Ezra 6:15","The temple was finished under Darius, decades before Nehemiah arrived.",{"question":490,"options":491,"reference":496,"difficulty":137},"What happened after Mordecai uncovered a plot to kill the king?",[492,493,494,495],"It was written in the royal annals","He was made governor of Susa","He was given Haman’s house that day","He was sent back to Jerusalem","Esther 2:23","categories\u002Fexile-and-return","X9b4dTCqUZs2E8u_TJNwBdNCJlQK3mY5ngU8B0chldA",1794663615568]