KJV 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:
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Ezra 6:2
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:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the following written on it: Memorandum:
WEB World English Bible
There was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a scroll, and therein was thus written for a record:
ASV American Standard Version
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:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and there hath been found at Achmetha, in a palace that is in the province of Media, a roll, and a record thus written within it is:
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:
5 And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which [is] at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which [is] at Jerusalem, [every one] to his place, and place [them] in the house of God.
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וְהִשְׁתְּכַ֣חH7912 · she.khachto findבְּאַחְמְתָ֗אH307 · ach.me.taEcbatanaבְּבִֽירְתָ֛אH1001 · bi.racitadelדִּ֛יH1768 · dithatבְּמָדַ֥יH4076 · ma.dayMedeמְדִינְתָּ֖הH4083 · me.di.nahprovinceמְגִלָּ֣הH4040 · me.gil.lahscrollחֲדָ֑הH2298 · chadoneוְכֵן־H3652 · kenthusכְּתִ֥יבH3790 · ke.tavto writeבְּגַוַּ֖הּH1459 · gavmidstדִּכְרוֹנָֽה׃ פH1799 · dikh.ronrecord
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