Ezra 6:1

New American Bible - revised edition

Thereupon King Darius issued an order to search the archives in which the treasures were stored in Babylon.

Cross References

Ezra 4:15

so that inquiry may be made in the historical records of your fathers. In the historical records you will discover and verify that this is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces; its people have been acting seditiously there since ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.

Ezra 4:19

When at my command inquiry was made, it was verified that from ancient times this city has risen up against kings and that rebellion and sedition have been fostered there.

Ezra 5:17

Now, if it please the king, let a search be made in the royal archives of Babylon to discover whether a decree really was issued by King Cyrus for the rebuilding of this house of God in Jerusalem. And may the king’s decision in this matter be communicated to us.”

Ezra 6:22

They joyfully kept the feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days, for the Lord had filled them with joy by making the king of Assyria favorable to them, so that he gave them help in their work on the house of God, the God of Israel.

Ezra 7:13

I have issued this decree, that anyone in my kingdom belonging to the people of Israel, its priests or Levites, who is willing to go up to Jerusalem with you, may go,

Job 29:16

I was a father to the poor; the complaint of the stranger I pursued,

Psalm 40:7

Sacrifice and offering you do not want; you opened my ears. Holocaust and sin-offering you do not request;

Proverbs 25:2

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, and the glory of kings to fathom a matter.

Jeremiah 36:29

And against Jehoiakim, king of Judah, say this: Thus says the Lord: You are the one who burned that scroll, saying, “Why did you write on it: Babylon’s king shall surely come and ravage this land, emptying it of every living thing”?

Jeremiah 36:32

Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to his scribe, Baruch, son of Neriah, who wrote on it at Jeremiah’s dictation all the words contained in the scroll which Jehoiakim, king of Judah, had burned in the fire, adding many words like them.

Ezekiel 2:9

It was then I saw a hand stretched out to me; in it was a written scroll.

Ezekiel 3:1

He said to me: Son of man, eat what you find here: eat this scroll, then go, speak to the house of Israel.

Daniel 9:25

Know and understand: From the utterance of the word that Jerusalem was to be rebuilt Until there is an anointed ruler, there shall be seven weeks. In the course of sixty-two weeks it shall be rebuilt, With squares and trenches, in time of affliction.

Revelation 5:1

I saw a scroll in the right hand of the one who sat on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.