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The Decree of Darius

Ezra 6:2

In 11 translations

BSB
And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the following written on it: Memorandum:
KJV
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:Achmetha: or, Ecbatana, or, in a coffer
WEB
A scroll was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, and in it this was written for a record:
ASV
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:
LSV
and there has been found at Achmetha, in a palace that [is] in the province of Media, a scroll, and a record thus written within it [is]:
YLT
and there hath been found at Achmetha, in a palace that [is] in the province of Media, a roll, and a record thus written within it [is]:
DBY
And there was found at Achmetha in the fortress that is in the province of Media a roll, and therein was a record thus written:
DRC
And there was found in Ecbatana, which is a castle in the province of Media, a book in which this record was written.
GNV
And there was founde in a coffer (in the palace that was in the prouince of the Medes) a volume, and therein was it thus written, as a memoriall,
JPS
And there was found at Ahmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a roll, and therein was thus written: 'A record.
LXXE
And there was found in the city, in the palace, a volume, and this was the record written in it.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְהִשְׁתְּכַ֣ח בְּאַחְמְתָ֗א בְּבִֽירְתָ֛א דִּ֛י בְּמָדַ֥י מְדִינְתָּ֖ה מְגִלָּ֣ה חֲדָ֑ה וְכֵן־כְּתִ֥יב בְּגַוַּ֖הּ דִּכְרוֹנָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ εὑρέθη ἐν πόλει ἐν τῇ βάρει κεφαλὶς μία, καὶ τοῦτο γεγραμμένον ἐν αὐτῇ ὑπόμνημα.

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  • 2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.

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