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:


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 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:

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 built, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let its foundations be strongly laid; its height sixty cubits, and its breadth sixty cubits;

4 with three courses of great stones, and a course of new timber: and let the expenses 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:2And there was found in Ecbatana, which is a castle in the province of Media, a book in which this record was written.

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 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: