KJV King James Version
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.
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Ezra 6:1
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon.
WEB World English Bible
Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
ASV American Standard Version
Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Then Darius the king made a decree, and they sought in the house of the books of the treasuries placed there in Babylon,
Surrounding context — Ezra 6
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 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 expences be given out of the king’s house:
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בֵּאדַ֛יִןH116 · e.da.yinthenדָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁH1868 · dar.ya.veshDariusמַלְכָּ֖אH4430 · me.lekhkingשָׂ֣םH7761 · sumto set: makeטְעֵ֑םH2942 · te.emcommandוּבַקַּ֣רוּ׀H1240 · be.qarto enquireבְּבֵ֣יתH1005 · ba.yithouseסִפְרַיָּ֗אH5609 · se.pharscrollדִּ֧יH1768 · dithatגִנְזַיָּ֛אH1596 · ge.naztreasureמְהַחֲתִ֥יןH5182 · ne.chatto descendתַּמָּ֖הH8536 · tam.mahthereבְּבָבֶֽל׃H895 · ba.velBabylon
Cross-references
Ezra 5:17Now therefore, if [it seem] good to the king, let there be search made in the king’s treasure house, which [is] there at Babylon, whether it be [so], that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.Ezra 4:15That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city [is] a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.Proverbs 25:2[It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.Jeremiah 36:29And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?Jeremiah 36:20-23And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.Job 29:16I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out.Psalm 40:7Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book [it is] written of me,Revelation 5:1And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.Jeremiah 36:32Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words.Jeremiah 36:2-4Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.Ezekiel 2:9And when I looked, behold, an hand [was] sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book [was] therein;Ezra 4:19And 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.Ezekiel 3:1Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.
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