Ezra 6:2

And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a roll, and in it was thus written for a record:

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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:

In Context

1Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

3In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be built--the place where they offer sacrifices--and let the foundations of it be strongly laid, the height

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Matthew Henry on Ezra 6:2-13

The Favourable Decree of Darius. ( b. c. 519.) 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. 2 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… Read the whole commentary →

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