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.”
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.
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:
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;
Related Verses
“Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.”
“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:”
“But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.”
“And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.”
“And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.”