1Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.


In Context

1 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.

2 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:

3 In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be builded, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;

Ezra 6:1 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:1Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:1King Darius then issued an order, and they searched in the archives stored in the treasury at Babylon.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:1Then king Darius gave orders, and they searched in the library of the books that were laid up in Babylon,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:1Then king Darius gave orders, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:1Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:1Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:1Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:1Then Darius the king made a decree, and they sought in the house of the books of the treasuries placed there in Babylon,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:1Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.