Ezra 4:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

So I made a decree, and someone searched and discovered that this city has risen against kings from long ago and that rebellion and sedition have been made in it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

I commanded and search has been made, and it is found that this city [Jerusalem] of old time has made insurrection against kings and that rebellion and sedition have been made in it.

American Standard Version (1901)

And I decreed, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.

Common English Bible

I issued an order; they searched and discovered that this city has revolted against kings over a long period of time. There has been much rebellion and revolt there.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And it was commanded by me, and they searched and found that this city, from the days of antiquity, has rebelled against the kings, and that seditions and battles have been incited within it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And I commanded; and search hath been made. And it is found, that this city of old time hath rebelled against kings, and seditions and wars have been raised therein.

Ezra 4:19 Cross References

2 Kings 18:7

The Lord was with him; wherever he went, he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and would not serve him.

2 Kings 24:20

Indeed, Jerusalem and Judah so angered the Lord that he expelled them from his presence. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

Ezra 4:15

so that a search may be made in the annals of your ancestors. You will discover in the annals that this is a rebellious city, hurtful to kings and provinces, and that sedition was stirred up in it from long ago. On that account this city was laid waste.

Ezra 4:18

the letter that you sent to us has been read in translation before me.

Ezra 4:20

Jerusalem has had mighty kings who ruled over the whole province Beyond the River, to whom tribute, custom, and toll were paid.

Ezra 5:17

And now, if it seems good to the king, have a search made in the royal archives there in Babylon, to see whether a decree was issued by King Cyrus for the rebuilding of this house of God in Jerusalem. Let the king send us his pleasure in this matter.”

Proverbs 25:2

It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search things out.

Deuteronomy 13:14

then you shall inquire and make a thorough investigation. If the charge is established that such an abhorrent thing has been done among you,