Ezra 6:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

King Darius ordered someone to go through the old records kept in Babylonia.

Cross References

Ezra 4:15

If you look up the official records of your ancestors, you will find that Jerusalem has constantly rebelled and has led others to rebel against kings and provinces. That's why the city was destroyed in the first place.

Ezra 4:19

I had the old records checked. It is true that for years Jerusalem has rebelled and caused trouble for other kings and nations.

Ezra 5:17

Your Majesty, please order someone to look up the old records in Babylonia and find out if King Cyrus really did give orders to rebuild God's temple in Jerusalem. We will do whatever you think we should.

Ezra 6:22

For seven days they celebrated the Festival of Thin Bread. Everyone was happy because the LORD God of Israel had made sure that the king of Assyria would be kind to them and help them build the temple.

Ezra 7:13

Any of the people of Israel or their priests or Levites in my kingdom may go with you to Jerusalem if they want to. My seven advisers and I agree that you may go to Jerusalem and Judah to find out if the laws of your God are being obeyed.

Job 29:16

I was a father to the needy, and I defended them in court, even if they were strangers.

Psalm 40:7

And so, I said, “I am here to do what is written about me in the book, where it says,

Proverbs 25:2

God is praised for being mysterious; rulers are praised for explaining mysteries.

Jeremiah 36:29

Then he told me to say to King Jehoiakim: Not only did you burn Jeremiah's scroll, you had the nerve to ask why he had written that the king of Babylonia would attack and ruin the land, killing all the people and even the animals.

Jeremiah 36:32

After the LORD finished speaking to me, I got another scroll and gave it to Baruch. Then I told him what to write, so this second scroll would contain even more than was on the scroll Jehoiakim had burnt.

Ezekiel 2:9

Just then, I saw a hand stretched out towards me. And in it was a scroll.

Ezekiel 3:1

The LORD said, “Ezekiel, son of man, after you eat this scroll, go and speak to the people of Israel.”

Daniel 9:25

You need to realize that from the command to rebuild Jerusalem until the coming of the Chosen Leader, it will be seven weeks and another sixty-two weeks. Streets will be built in Jerusalem, and a trench will be dug around the city for protection, but these will be difficult times.

Revelation 5:1

In the right hand of the one sitting on the throne I saw a scroll that had writing on the inside and on the outside. And it was sealed in seven places.