Ezra 6:2
1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:
3 In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
4 With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king’s house:
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the following written on it: Memorandum:
- KJV
- And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:
- WEB
- A scroll was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, and in it this was written for a record:
- ASV
- And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a roll, and therein was thus written for a record:
- DARBY
- And there was found at Achmetha in the fortress that is in the province of Media a roll, and therein was a record thus written:
- BLB
- And was found at Achmetha, in a palace that [is] in the province of Media, one scroll, and thus [was] written in it: Memorandum:
- ÅB
- Og i borgen Ahmeta, som ligger i landskapet Media, ble det funnet en skriftrull; og i den sto det skrevet slik til ihukommelse:
- OTB
- I borgen i Ekbatana i provinsen Media ble en bokrull funnet, og følgende var skrevet: Memorandum—
- B1930
- Og i borgen Ahmeta, som ligger i landskapet Media, blev det funnet en skriftrull; og i den stod det skrevet således til ihukommelse:
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Cross references
2 Kings 17:6
In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
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