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.
Ezra 6:2 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional But it was in Ecbatana, the capital in the province of Media, that a scroll was found on which this was written: “A record. Higit pang mga bersyonKing 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; 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.
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.”
Then I said, ‘See, God, I have come to do your will, O God’ (in the scroll of the book it is written of me).”