Ezra 6:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² But it was in Ecbatana, the capital in the province of Media, that a scroll was found on which this was written: “A record.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² 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

² And at Ecbatana in the capital in the province of Media, a scroll was found on which this was recorded:

American Standard Version (1901)

² 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

² 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

² 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:

Ezra 6:2 Cross References

2 Kings 17:6

In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria captured Samaria; he carried the Israelites away to Assyria. He placed them in Halah, on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

Hebrews 10:7

Then I said, ‘See, I have come to do your will, O God’ (in the scroll of the book it is written of me).”

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.”