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Ezr 4:19 Strong Concordance And I [04481] commanded [07761] [02942], and search [01240] hath been made, and it is found [07912] that this [01791] city [07149] of [04481] old [05957] time [03118] hath made insurrection [05376] against [05922] kings [04430], and that rebellion [04776] and sedition [0849] have been made [05648] therein.
  King James And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The archives of the Babylonian kingdom would contain accounts of the insurrections raised, or threatened, by Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah Kg2 24:1, Kg2 24:10, Kg2 24:20. It does not appear that there had ever been any rebellion against Persia.
 
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20 For through the anger [0639] of the LORD [03068] it came to pass in Jerusalem [03389] and Judah [03063], until he had cast them out [07993] from his presence [06440], that Zedekiah [06667] rebelled [04775] against the king [04428] of Babylon [0894].
10 At that time [06256] the servants [05650] of Nebuchadnezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] came up [05927] against Jerusalem [03389], and the city [05892] was besieged [0935] [04692].
1 In his days [03117] Nebuchadnezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] came up [05927], and Jehoiakim [03079] became his servant [05650] three [07969] years [08141]: then he turned [07725] and rebelled [04775] against him.