The views of Hengstenberg are usually so correct, that the student may generally adopt them at once as his own. But Nebuchadnezzars own cylinder inscriptions affirm that his tower was built as an attempt to complete the most ancient [and unfinished] monument in Babylon. The Book of Judith informs us of an important engagement at Ragau between this Assyrian king and Arphaxad the king of the Medes. Nimrod started his kingdom at Babylon ( Genesis 10:10 ). [42] He also claimed that the Catholic Church was a millennia-old secret conspiracy, founded by Semiramis and Nimrod to propagate the pagan religion of ancient Babylon. The sarcastic moniker was used towards the foreman (named Hunter) of a gang of workmen as a play both on his surname and on his supposed religious beliefs and sense of self-importance. Since a remote time, people had abandoned it without order expressing their words . They are supposed to have brought with them to Babylon a knowledge of astronomy superior to any then known, since they reduced their observations on the sun, moon, five planets, signs of the zodiac, and the rising and setting of the sun, to a regular system; and the Greeks are said by Herodotus to have derived from them the division of the day into twelve equal parts. He persuaded them not to ascribe it to God, as if it were through his means they were happy, but to believe that it was their own courage which procured that happiness. Fudd. [citation needed]. However, these Semites were again conquered by different nations, such as the Guti, Elamites, and Sumerians. In Armenian legend, the ancestor of the Armenian people, Hayk, defeated Nimrod (sometimes equated with Bel) in a battle near Lake Van. One thing Nebuchadnezzar isn't generally known for, though, is a link with the tower of Babel the attempt by Nimrod to build a tower up to heaven, dashed by God's confounding of the languages (Genesis 11). The steles statement of raising the towers top to the heaven is interestingit parallels the intent in building the tower of Babel, whose top is in the heavens (Genesis 11:4). Clio. The inference from the statement of the Book of Jonah is, that it was populous, civilized, and extensive. [2] Later extra-biblical traditions identified Nimrod as the ruler who commissioned the construction of the Tower of Babel, which led to his reputation as a king who was rebellious against God. Titus, Nebuchadnezzar, and Nimrod in the adth and Midrash Aggadah Narratives of Villainy: Titus, Nebuchadnezzar, and Nimrod in the adth and midrash aggadah Shari L. Lowin Much has been written on the similarities between the narratives of the shared founding fathers of Judaism and Islam. The view of Gesenius in his Lectures at Halle in 1839, quoted in "The Times of Daniel," appears preferable, -- "The Chaldeans had their original seat on the east of the Tigris, south of Armenia, which we now call Koordistan; and, like the Koords in our day, they were warlike mountaineers, without agriculture, shepherds and robbers, and also mercenaries in the Assyrian army; so Xenophon found them." This was the first time one Sumerian city succeeded in doing this. : , ? Sir Walter Raleigh devoted several pages in his History of the World (1614) to reciting past scholarship regarding the question of whether it had been Nimrod or Ashur who built the cities in Assyria.[5]. 2 section. The king is then perplexed and angered. The voice of Zephaniah is soon followed by the sword of Arbaces, and Sennacherib and Sardanapalus are eclipsed by the rising greatness of Nabopolassar and Cyaxares. Bible Based.We believe in solo-scriptura. Later, Mesopotamia was conquered by Hurrians and Kassites. [citation needed], The story attributes to Abraham elements from the story of Moses' birth (the cruel king killing innocent babies, with the midwives ordered to kill them) and from the careers of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego who emerged unscathed from the fire. Greek document, show that it was nearly 100 meters wide and probably the same height (in comparison, the Great Pyramid of Giza is about 140 meters tall). He translates a couple of lines slightly differently: the most ancient monument of Babylon; I built and finished it A former king built itthey reckon 42 ages [ago]but he did not complete its head. The testimony of Cicero is precisely similar. Cyaxares, the son of Phraortes, at length avenged his father's death at Rhages, and by the aid of Nabopolassar, threw off the yoke of Assyria, attacked and took Nineveh about 606 A.C., and thus, by fixing the seat of empire at Babylon, blotted out the name of Nineveh from the page of the world's history. And as an aside, Herodotuss description of a winding ascenttogether with the steles representation of the towershow that some of the famous Renaissance paintings of a stepped tower of Babel are not too far off the mark. 2:48, the president of this caste was also a prince of the province of Babylon. Some Jewish traditions say only that the two men met and had a discussion. 9 See Dicaearch. : , ibbr-ayi lipn Yahweh, lit. The language of both Jonah and Nahum imply exactly what the buried sculptures have exhibited to us, a state of society highly organized, with various ranks, from the sovereign to the soldier and the workman, yet effeminated by luxury and self-indulgence. [30] Then Abraham says, "Indeed, God brings up the sun from the east, so bring it up from the west. 2 Travels, Book 2 chapter 1. Nimrod (/nmrd/;[1] Hebrew: .mw-parser-output .script-hebrew,.mw-parser-output .script-Hebr{font-family:"SBL Hebrew","SBL BibLit","Taamey Ashkenaz","Taamey Frank CLM","Frank Ruehl CLM","Ezra SIL","Ezra SIL SR","Keter Aram Tsova","Taamey David CLM","Keter YG","Shofar","David CLM","Hadasim CLM","Simple CLM","Nachlieli",Cardo,Alef,"Noto Serif Hebrew","Noto Sans Hebrew","David Libre",David,"Times New Roman",Gisha,Arial,FreeSerif,FreeSans}, Modern:Nmrd, Tiberian:Nmr; Imperial Aramaic: ; Arabic: , romanized:Numrd) is a biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis and Books of Chronicles. The association with Erech (Babylonian Uruk), a city that lost its prime importance around 2,000 BCE as a result of struggles between Isin, Larsa and Elam, also attests the early provenance of the stories of Nimrod. Cyclop., Art. 4 3, 5 6, 7 8. The expressions of Scripture give us exalted ideas of its size and splendor, while they assign its wickedness as a reason for the complete destruction by which it was annihilated. There is a very brief mention of Nimrod in the Book of Mormon: "(and the name of the valley was Nimrod, being called after the mighty hunter)". Clearly, we cannot know from these discoveries precisely what the original tower of Babel looked like, or even if Nebuchadnezzar really did rebuild his tower over the right spotthere is still much debate as to the location of the tower of Babels ruins. Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth . There is even a possible reference to the Prophet Daniels three friends on one of Nebuchadnezzars clay tablets (see here for more information). When Abraham went into the furnace and survived, Haran was asked: "Whose [follower] are you?" Michaelis and Sehlozer consider their origin to be Sclavonic, and, consequently, distinct from the Babylonians, who were descendants of Shem. [36], According to Ronald Hendel the name Nimrod is probably a much later polemical distortion of the Semitic Assyrian god Ninurta, a prominent god in Mesopotamian religion who had cult centers in a number of Assyrian cities such as Kalhu, and also in Babylon, and was a patron god of a number of Assyrian kings. Others have attempted to conflate Nimrod with Amraphel, a supposed king in Mesopotamia, but yet again, one who is himself historically unattested. However, Ephrem the Syrian (306373) relates a contradictory view, that Nimrod was righteous and opposed the builders of the Tower. Diodorus Siculus calls the Chaldeans the most ancient inhabitants of Babylonia, and assigns to their astrologers a similar position to that of the Egyptian priests. and he answered: "I am Abraham's!". of Arabia, volume 1 p. 54, and volume 2 p. 210. Abraham said to him: Shall I then worship the water, which puts off the fire! 9. A herald is then said to have appeared in the land announcing "the coming of Abraham". Other versions have Nimrod give to Abraham, as a conciliatory gift, the giant slave Eliezer, whom some accounts describe as Nimrod's own son (the Bible also mentions Eliezer as Abraham's majordomo, though not making any connection between him and Nimrod). It had been under the control of various peoples and empires. Later, some states were united together into numerous Sumerian territories. 13 The testimony of Cicero is precisely similar. The Bibleas well as early secular historiesprovide the explanation. Search through the entire ancient history timeline. 23.) . Nimrod, grandson of Ham, son of Noah, was the real founder of the Babylonish system that has gripped the world ever sincethe system of organized competitionof man-ruled governments and empires, based upon the competitive and profit-making economic system. Evil-Merodach is mentioned in 2 Kings 25:27, and Jeremiah 52:31, but not by Daniel, and this gives some countenance to the supposition, that Belshazzar was the son and not the grandson of Nebuchadnezzar. The three are preserved from harm and the king sees four men walking in the flames, "the fourth . Hengstenberg has tested the historical truthfulness of the author of this book, by comparing his account of the Chaldean priest-caste with those of profane history. Copyright The much later editors of the Book of Genesis dropped much of the original story and mistakenly misidentified and mistranslated the Mesopotamian Kish with the "Hamitic" Cush, there being no ancient geographical, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, genetic or historical connection between Cush (in modern northern Sudan) and Mesopotamia.[49]. The first biblical mention of Nimrod is in the Table of Nations. : , - , ! The "Pul" of 2 Kings 15:19, was by no means the founder of the monarchy, as Sir Isaac Newton and others have supposed; he was but one amidst those "servants of Bar," whose names are now legible on the Nimroud obelisk in the British Museum. 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Historians have failed to match Nimrod with any historically attested figure. In treating this question, we should always allow for the length of time which elapsed between the original outbreak of those hordes from their native hills; and their conquest of Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar. Pictured above are mudbrick ruins of Nebuchadnezzar's city along with ancient wall lines and canals in modern day Iraq. [32][33][34], According to Mujahid ibn Jabr, "Four people gained control over the Earth, east and west, two believers and two disbelievers. [38], Julian Jaynes also indicates Tukulti-Ninurta I (a powerful king of the Middle Assyrian Empire) as the inspiration for Nimrod. "[29] This causes the king to exile him, and he leaves for the Levant. [The Bible, Genesis 11:28, mentions Haran predeceasing Terach, but gives no details.]|. Since Akkad was destroyed and lost with the destruction of its Empire in the period 22002154 BCE (long chronology), the stories mentioning Nimrod seem to recall the late Early Bronze Age. Their devotion to philosophy and their practice of astronomy gained them great credit with the powerful, which they turned to account by professing to predict the future and to interpret the visions of the imaginative and the distressed. Father and sons were, all three of them, prodigious hunters, but Nimrd especially is the archetypal, consummate, legendary hunter and archer. [41] Hislop attributed to Semiramis and Nimrod the invention of polytheism and, with it, goddess worship, and that their incestuous male offering was Tammuz. The son of Cush and therefore a great-grandson of Noah, Nimrod was described as a king in the land of Shinar (Mesopotamia). Borsippa today lies in ruins; however, the imposing remains of the ziggurat still tower to a height of 52 meters above the plain. [16] Both the Huns' and Magyars' historically attested skill with the recurve bow and arrow are attributed to Nimrd. There is another translation of this text that is even more direct in language. Nebuchadnezzar II builds the Ishtar Gate and great walls of Babylon. 12 Diodorus Siculus calls the Chaldeans the most ancient inhabitants of Babylonia, and assigns to their astrologers a similar position to that of the Egyptian priests. we learn that they spoke the Aramaic dialect, which the Alexandrine Version, as well as Theodotion's, denominates the Syriac. From this opinion we entirely dissent. His name in Hebrew means to rebel. 14 Hengstenberg has tested the historical truthfulness of the author of this book, by comparing his account of the Chaldean priest-caste with those of profane history. It was in this area that Nimrod was born, and would eventually depart from to establish the following important "Middle Eastern" Biblical cities (Genesis 10:10):. And that we do find? His ancestors were largely concerned in the overthrow of the Assyrian empire. [2]According to K. van der Toorn and P. W. van der Horst, this tradition is first attested in the writings of Pseudo-Philo. As translated above, Nebuchadnezzar literally calls this monument the Tower of Babylon. Thus, according to Diodorus Siculus, Belesys was the chief president of the priests, "whom the Babylonians call Chaldeans," 15 and governor of Babylon. Babel; Erech; Accad; Calneh; These places were located in Shinar, the area currently known as Iraq.As we can see on the following map, Shinar is very close to Africa.We should also note that before African territory was renamed . He also gradually changed the government into tyranny, seeing no other way of turning men from the fear of God, but to bring them into a constant dependence on his power. Their Language. He was the founder of Babylon and Assyria. The former consisted in the worship of the heavenly bodies. For more information on what archaeology says about Nimrod, the original builder of the tower of Babel, read our article NIMROD: Found?, And if the Bible is accurate about the tower of Babel, then could it also be accurate about what followedthe forced spread of humanity around the world, according to languages, from this single post-Flood group? Despite the claims of critics (particularly those who try to pass off the Bible as a late forgery of overly imaginative writers), archaeological finds such as Nebuchadnezzars cylinders and Tower of Babel Stele continue to provide sound evidence that backs up the biblical account. 26. The records of succeeding ages are too few to enable us to follow the stream of history: we have nothing to guide us but myths, and legends, and traditionary sovereigns, whose names are but the fictions of imagination. "[citation needed]. Later, the book describes how Nimrod established fire worship and idolatry, then received instruction in divination for three years from Bouniter, the fourth son of Noah.[14]. It must never be forgotten that many centuries elapsed between Noah and Solomon, and that the most ancient profane history is comparatively modern. Hungarian legends held that twin sons of King Nimrd, Hunor and Magor were the ancestors of the Huns and the Magyars (Hungarians) respectively, siring their children through the two daughters of King Dul of the Alans, whom they kidnapped after losing track of the silver stag whilst hunting. Out of this land he went forth into Ashur, or perhaps it is Ashur who went forth and built Nineveh and other cities. The first prince who is known to have lived after this revolt is Nabonassar, the founder of the era called by his name. The first Babylonian king to rule Egypt, he is also famous . It has only recently been restudied, and the conclusions have led to great excitement in the scientific community, along with a corresponding video production by the Smithsonian Channel reexamining the authenticity of the Tower of Babel story. Following the first period of Sumers rule came the kingdom of Akkad, with its great Semitic monarchs Sargon and Naram-Sin. . Nebuchadnezzars kingdom and reign had an ancient and volatile history. This stele is primarily dedicated to the tower at Etemenanki; however, the diagram and floor plan depicted on the stele may apply to both structures, given the textual description of both. The ensuing years of Babylonian history till its overthrow by Cyrus in 539 B.C . Nimrod or Namrd b.Cann (Arabic: ) was the king of Babylon at the time of Prophet Abraham (a).In the Qur'an, the name of Nimrod is not mentioned, but he is mentioned in Quran 2 and Quran 21.He was idol-worshipper and idol-worshipping was common in his kingdom. Now it was Nimrod who excited them to such an affront and contempt of God. The Bible reveals that at the core of . was the founder of what is termed the Chaldean, or Neo-Babylonian, Empire. I did not change its site, nor did I destroy its foundation platform; but, in a fortunate month, and upon an auspicious day, I undertook the rebuilding I set my hand to build it up, and to finish its summit. [citation needed] Some Jewish traditions also identified him with Cyrus, whose birth according to Herodotus was accompanied by portents, which made his grandfather try to kill him. Yet when the fire is lit, Abraham walks out unscathed. Another Muslim historian of the 13th century, Abu al-Fida, relates the same story, adding that the patriarch Eber (an ancestor of Abraham) was allowed to keep the original tongue, Hebrew in this case, because he would not partake in the building. These stories are found among the worlds most far-reaching, diverse cultures. For other uses, see, Pages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback, Depending on how the text is read, "Calneh" may be the fourth city name in this enumeration, or it may be part of an expression meaning "all of them in Shinar". After lifting up his heart in pride, Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon was stricken with madness and given the heart of a beast. THE ANCESTORS AND SUCCESSORS OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR. From the Cyropaedia (Book 7:24) we ascertain that the Syriac was the ordinary language of Babylon. An Assyrian inscription, written up to 200 years earlier (eighth century b.c.e. A number of city-states were formed in the basins of the Tigris and Euphrates at a very early age. His "kingdom" comprised Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Sinar, otherwise known as the land of Nimrod (Gen. x. Several ruins of the Middle East have been named after him.[3]. 2:48, the president of this caste was also a prince of the province of Babylon. [35], In 1920, J. D. Prince also suggested a possible link between the Lord (Ni) of Marad and Nimrod. His Successors. He is particularly known for the destruction of Jerusalem in the sixth century b.c.e., and for his relationship with the Prophet Daniel. Gronov., p. 40. From the fourth verse of chapter 2 (Daniel 2:4) we learn that they spoke the Aramaic dialect, which the Alexandrine Version, as well as Theodotion's, denominates the Syriac. Later, Masudi lists Nimrod as the first king of Babylon, and states that he dug great canals and reigned 60 years. Later, Esau (grandson of Abraham), ambushed, beheaded, and robbed Nimrod. Bricks were found around the site, having been stamped with the name of the king. 5 He died A.C. 695. Other traditional stories also exist around Nimrod, which have resulted in him being referenced as a tyrant in Muslim cultures. It further adds that Nimrod "saw in the sky a piece of black cloth and a crown". ), describes the building of a tower, a deity confounding languages, and a prescribed incantation to cause the language of the people to become as one! was a time of great change in Mesopotamia. Additionally, Enmerkar is said to have had ziggurats built in both Uruk and Eridu, which Rohl postulates was the site of the original Babel. [22], In some versions, such as Flavius Josephus, Nimrod is a man who sets his will against that of God. Nimrod has not been attested in any historic, non-biblical registers, records or king lists, including those of Mesopotamia itself. 16. (, , etc.) But Nebuchadnezzar is the wrong king in the wrong place at the wrong time for his ziggurat to be Babel. The learned class gradually acquired the reputation and position of "priests," and thus became astrologers and soothsayers, and "wise men" in their day and generation. The partial translation follows: Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon am I: In order to complete [the towers] Etemenanki and Eurmeiminanki, I mobilized all countries everywhere the base I filled in to make a high terrace. This was an imposing tower: Archaeological excavations, as well as a third century b.c.e. This revolt is said to have taken place in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, when the powers of Media uniting with the power of Babylonia, took and destroyed the great city of Nineveh, and reduced the people under the sway of the rising monarchy. George Rawlinson believed Nimrod was Belus, based on the fact Babylonian and Assyrian inscriptions bear the names Bel-Nibru. He would suffer with this affliction for 7 years, until one day when he looked up to heaven and gave God the glory. Nimrod was an affront to God because of his support for a false polytheistic religion, his attempt to dethrone God by building a tower raised against Heaven, and his tyrannical rule over people. One thing Nebuchadnezzar isn't generally known for, though, is a link with the tower of Babelthe attempt by Nimrod to build a tower up to heaven, dashed by God's confounding of the languages (Genesis 11). [17], The hunter god or spirit Nyyrikki, figuring in the Finnish Kalevala as a helper of Lemminkinen, is associated with Nimrod by some researchers and linguists.[18]. According to chapter. 16, and Euseb. To Some rabbinic commentators have also connected the name Nimrod with a Hebrew word meaning 'rebel'. In David Rohl's theory, Enmerkar, the Sumerian founder of Uruk, was the original inspiration for Nimrod, because the story of Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta[45] bears a few similarities to the legend of Nimrod and the Tower of Babel, and because the -KAR in Enmerkar means "hunter". Both episodes were voiced by Mel Blanc and produced by Edward Selzer.[55]. But the God of Daniel the prophet revealed Himself to the king. He said [to himself]: what shall I do? 9 c. 40 and 41, also Strabo, lib. He argues that: The biblical Nimrod, then, is not a total counterpart of any one historical character. The Tower of Babel Stele is a black ceremonial stone, about 50 centimeters (20 inches) tall, discovered just over a century ago among the ruins of the city of Babylon. The nickname 'Nimrod' was used mockingly in the 1914 novel by Robert Tressell in The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. The Book of Jubilees mentions the name of "Nebrod" (the Greek form of Nimrod) only as being the father of Azurad, the wife of Eber and mother of Peleg (8:7). ", ;) they were situated north of Judea, and are identical with the people who should, according to Jeremiah, destroy the temple from the north. : . Nabopolassar (626605 b.c.) He built cities, like wicked Cain, as memorials to man, rather than building altars to the living God as Noah and Abraham did ( Genesis 8:20; 12:7-8 ). He mentioned how Dr. Kraeling was now inclined to connect Nimrod historically with Lugal-Banda, a mythological Sumerian king mentioned in Poebel, Historical Texts, 1914, whose seat was at the city Marad. 3 Strabo, lib. Tacit. He also said he would be revenged on God, if he should have a mind to drown the world again; for that he would build a tower too high for the waters to reach. Since the city of Akkad was destroyed and lost with the destruction of its Empire in the period 22002154 BC (long chronology), the much later biblical stories mentioning Nimrod seem to recall the late Early Bronze Age. Hebrew sources claim that Nimrod was a hunter of souls where he gathered men onto the plains of Shinar. To understand aright the history of these times, we must take a cursory glance at the period both preceding and following that of the great Chaldean chieftain. 13.Hist. The Zohar predicts that Nimrod/Nebuchadnezzar will return one last time at the end of days so that he can finally receive his earthly punishment for his cruelty and arrogance. The Bible develops a very prominent and notorious character named Nimrod. In some versions, Nimrod has his subjects gather wood for four whole years, so as to burn Abraham in the biggest bonfire the world had ever seen. More on those discoveries can be read here. Unfortunately, certain scholars have used Nebuchadnezzars Tower of Babel Stele to say that the tower Nebuchadnezzar built became the inspiration for the Israelites tower of Babel storythat it was from this late, c. 600 b.c.e. In the left-hand corner of the tablet there is a diagram of a large, seven-storied tower; above it, a separate floor plan of the massive edifice. So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. 12 Lib. [39], Alexander Hislop, in his tract The Two Babylons (1853), identified Nimrod with Ninus (also unattested anywhere in Mesopotamian king lists), who according to Greek mythology was a Mesopotamian king and husband of Queen Semiramis,[40] with a whole host of deities throughout the Mediterranean world, and with the Persian Zoroaster. The text describes the rebuilding of Ebabbar, the temple of the sun-god Shamash at Sippar and probably served as a foundation deposit. And the Babylonian kingdom continued until it fell to the Medes and Persians in 539 BC. Prophet after prophet recognizes its surpassing opulence, its commercial greatness, and its deep criminality. And the king believed in the Creator of the heavens and the earth and witnessed of his faith to his empire (Daniel 2:47; 3:28,29). He was the grandson of Ham, the son of Noah, a bold man, and of great strength of hand. Surely a significant linguistic event must have happened in order for Borsippa to receive its unique name? He is rather the later composite Hebrew equivalent of the Sargonid dynasty: the first, mighty king to rule after the flood. : , , ? At the Battle of Carchemish in 605 BC, Nebuchadnezzar inflicted a crushing defeat on an Egyptian army led by Pharaoh Necho II, and ensured that the Neo-Babylonian Empire would succeed the Neo-Assyrian Empire as the dominant power in the ancient Near East. 2023 Nimrod's kingdom included the cities of Babel, Erech, Akkad, and perhaps Calneh, in Shinar (Gen 10:10). Beginning with the words: "When King Nimrod went out to the fields/ Looked at the heavens and at the stars/He saw a holy light in the Jewish quarter/A sign that Abraham, our father, was about to be born", the song gives a poetic account of the persecutions perpetrated by the cruel Nimrod and the miraculous birth and deeds of the savior Abraham. Nimrod the "mighty hunter" was the first meat eater! Herodotus gives us a hint of the antiquity and pre-eminence of Assyria when he says, "The Medes were the first who began to revolt from the Assyrians, who had possessed the supreme command over Upper Asia for five hundred and twenty years." Specify between which dates you want to search, and what keywords you are looking for. Several of these early Judaic sources also assert that the king Amraphel, who wars with Abraham later in Genesis, is none other than Nimrod himself. A Mosque in the area of Medina, possibly: This page was last edited on 17 February 2023, at 23:40. See Prideaux's authorities, and his arrangement of the Assyrian kings, which differs slightly from that here adopted. However, in another version, the Homilies (H 9:46), Nimrod is made to be the same as Zoroaster. After a period of Assyrian control, Babylon became self-governing again under Chaldean rule, and seized the reign of the known world. Babylon later reached its zenith under Nebuchadnezzar (sixth century BC). The part in which this appears, the Genesis Rabbah (Chapter 38, 13), is considered to date from the sixth century.
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