H1240That search[H8741] H5609may be made in the bookH1799of the recordsH2of thy fathersH7912: so shalt thou find[H8681] H5609in the bookH1799of the recordsH3046, and know[H8748] H1791that thisH7149cityH4779is a rebelliousH7149cityH5142, and hurtful[H8683] H4430unto kingsH4083and provincesH5648, and that they have moved[H8751] H849seditionH1459within the sameH4481ofH5957oldH3118timeH5922: forH1836whichH1791cause was thisH7149cityH2718destroyed[H8717] .
H3705NowH2006therefore, ifH2869it seem goodH5922toH4430the kingH1240, let there be search[H8721] H4430made in the king'sH1596treasureH1005houseH8536, which is thereH895at BabylonH2006, whetherH383it beH2942so, that a decreeH7761was made[H8752] H4481ofH3567CyrusH4430the kingH1124to build[H8749] H1791thisH1005houseH426of GodH3390at JerusalemH4430, and let the kingH7972send[H8748] H7470his pleasureH5922to us concerningH1836this matter.
H4428And the kingH559said[H8799] H3027, Is not the handH3097of JoabH802with thee in all this? And the womanH6030answered[H8799] H559and said[H8799] H5315, As thy soulH2416livethH113, my lordH4428the kingH376, noneH786canH3231turn to the right hand[H8687] H8041or to the left[H8687] H113from ought that my lordH4428the kingH1696hath spoken[H8765] H5650: for thy servantH3097JoabH6680, he bade[H8765] H7760me, and he put[H8804] H1697all these wordsH6310in the mouthH8198of thine handmaid: