Ezra 6:2

And there was found in Ecbatana, which is a castle in the province of Media, a book in which this record was written.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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 king Darius gave orders, and they searched in the library of the books that were laid up in Babylon,

3In the first year of Cyrus the king: Cyrus the king decreed, that the house of God should be built, which is in Jerusalem, in the place where they may offer sacrifices, and that they lay the foundations that may support the height of threescore cubits, and the breadth of threescore cubits,

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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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