In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the Israelites to Assyria. He placed them in Halah and Habor, on the Gozan River, and in the towns of the Medes.
Ezra 6:2 - Tree of Life Version A scroll was found in the citadel of Ecbatana in the province of Media, and this was written on it: “Memorandum: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 And at Ecbatana in the capital in the province of Media, a scroll was found on which this was recorded: American Standard Version (1901) 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 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 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: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And there was found in Ecbatana, which is a castle in the province of Media, a book in which this record was written. |
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the Israelites to Assyria. He placed them in Halah and Habor, on the Gozan River, and in the towns of the Medes.
“Now, if it pleases the king, let a search be made in the royal archives there in Babylon, to see if in fact King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this House of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us his decision about this matter.”
Then I said, ‘Behold, I come to do Your will, O God (in the scroll of the book it is written of Me).’”