Ezra 6:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon.”
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“Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Then Darius the king made a decree, and they sought in the house of the books of the treasuries placed there in Babylon,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezra 6:1 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezra 4:15that a search should be made of the record books of your fathers. In these books you will discover and verify that the city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, inciting sedition from ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.
- Ezra 4:19I issued a decree, and a search was conducted. It was discovered that this city has revolted against kings from ancient times, engaging in rebellion and sedition.
- Ezra 5:17Now, therefore, if it pleases the king, let a search be made of the royal archives in Babylon to see if King Cyrus did indeed issue a decree to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us his decision in this matter.
- Job 29:16I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
- Psalms 40:7Then I said, “Here I am, I have come— it is written about me in the scroll:
- Proverbs 25:2It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out.
- Jeremiah 36:2“Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you during the reign of Josiah until today.
- Jeremiah 36:20So the officials went to the king in the courtyard. And having stored the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, they reported everything to the king.
- Jeremiah 36:29You are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah that this is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll and said, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon would surely come and destroy this land and deprive it of man and beast?’
- Jeremiah 36:32Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and at Jeremiah’s dictation he wrote on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.
- Ezekiel 2:9Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and in it was a scroll,
- Ezekiel 3:1“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.”
- Revelation 5:1Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One seated on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.
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