Ezra 6:2

But it was actually in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, that a scroll was found, recording the following:

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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

1Thus King Darius ordered that a search be made of the archives that were housed in the treasury of Babylon.

3In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree regarding God's Temple in Jerusalem: Let the Temple be rebuilt as a place where sacrifices are offered, and ensure it has strong foundations. Make it sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,

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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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