2And there was found in Ecbatana, which is a castle in the province of Media, a book in which this record was written.


In Context

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

2 And there was found in Ecbatana, which is a castle in the province of Media, a book in which this record was written.

3 In the first year of Cyrus the king: Cyrus the king decreed, that the house of God should be built, which is in Jerusalem, in the place where they may offer sacrifices, and that they lay the foundations that may support the height of threescore cubits, and the breadth of threescore cubits,

4 Three rows of unpolished stones, and so rows of new timber: and the charges shall be given out of the king's house.

Ezra 6:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:2And 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:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:2A scroll was found in the citadel of Ecbatana in the province of Media, and this was written on it: Memorandum:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:2And 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:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:2And there was found at Achmetha in the fortress that is in the province of Media a roll, and therein was a record thus written:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:2And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:2And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and in it was a record thus written:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:2There was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a scroll, and therein was thus written for a record:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:2and 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:

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:2And 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: