In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria captured Samaria, and he carried the Israelites away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
Ezra 6:2 - Revised Standard Version And in Ecbatana, the capital which is in the province of Media, a scroll was found on which this was written: “A record. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And at Ecbatana in the capital in the province of Media, a scroll was found on which this was recorded: American Standard Version (1901) 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: Common English Bible But a scroll was found in Ecbatana, the capital of the province of Media, on which was written the following: A memorandum— Catholic Public Domain Version And there was found at Ecbatana, which is a fortified place in the province of Media, one volume, and this record was written in it: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And there was found in Ecbatana, which is a castle in the province of Media, a book in which this record was written. |
In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria captured Samaria, and he carried the Israelites away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
Therefore, if it seem good to the king, let search be made in the royal archives there in Babylon, to see whether a decree was issued by Cyrus the king for the rebuilding of this house of God in Jerusalem. And let the king send us his pleasure in this matter.”
Then I said, ‘Lo, I have come to do thy will, O God,’ as it is written of me in the roll of the book.”