Ezra 6:2
in Ezra 6And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the following written on it: Memorandum:
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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:
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:
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This verse in Ezra 6
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Achmetha--long supposed to be the capital of Greater Media (the Ecbatana of classical, the Hamadan of modern times), [is] at the foot of the Elwund range of hills, where, for its coolness and salubrity, Cyrus and his successors on the Persian throne established their summer residence.
This site's exposition
ordered a search of the archives
on Ezra 6:1-2
Darius orders a search of the archives in the treasury of Babylon, and the scroll turns up in the fortress of Ecbatana. Cyrus's decree had lain filed there for years, out of reach of the officials who now doubted it. The empire's own records end up vindicating the builders.
This site's exposition
the fortress of Ecbatana
Tattenai's letter at 5:17 asked Darius to search the royal archives in Babylon. Albert Barnes notes that the decree turned up in Ecbatana instead, a provincial capital outside the search Tattenai had asked for. Bede cites Josephus placing it in a built tower there.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Perhaps some that durst not destroy it, yet hid it there, out of ill will to the Jews, that they might lose the benefit of it. But Providence so ordered that it came to light; and it is here inserted,
And there was found at Achmetha,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
At Achmetha - Ecbatana in India, whither it is probable all the records of Cyrus had been carried. This was a sort of summer residence for the kings of Persia.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
“Achmetha” is the “Ecbatana,” or “Agbatana,” of the Greeks, the Persian name for which, as we find in the Behistun Inscription, was HaGMaTANa. We must suppose that, when Babylon had been searched in vain, the other cities which possessed record-offices were visited, and the decree looked for in them. Ecbatana was the capital of Cyrus.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהִשְׁתְּכַ֣ח | vehishtekhach | and it was found | H7912 → | 18 times |
| בְּאַחְמְתָ֗א | beachmeta' | in Ecbatana | H307 → | |
| בְּבִֽירְתָ֛א | bevireta' | in citadel the | H1001 → | |
| דִּ֛י | di | which | H1768 → | 345 times |
| בְּמָדַ֥י | bemadai | [is] in Media | H4076 → | |
| מְדִינְתָּ֖ה | medinetah' | province the | H4083 → | 11 times |
| מְגִלָּ֣ה | megilah | a scroll | H4040 → | |
| חֲדָ֑ה | chadah | one | H2298 → | 14 times |
| וְכֵן־ | vekhen- | and as follows | H3652 → | |
| כְּתִ֥יב | ketiv | it was written | H3790 → | 8 times |
| בְּגַוַּ֖הּ | begavah | in midst its | H1459 → | 13 times |
| דִּכְרוֹנָֽה׃ פ | dikhronah' | <the> memorandum | H1799 → | 3 times |
וְהִשְׁתְּכַ֣חand it was found
vehishtekhachH7912 →18 times
בְּאַחְמְתָ֗אin Ecbatana
beachmeta'H307 →
בְּבִֽירְתָ֛אin citadel the
bevireta'H1001 →
דִּ֛יwhich
diH1768 →345 times
בְּמָדַ֥י[is] in Media
bemadaiH4076 →
מְדִינְתָּ֖הprovince the
medinetah'H4083 →11 times
מְגִלָּ֣הa scroll
megilahH4040 →
חֲדָ֑הone
chadahH2298 →14 times
וְכֵן־and as follows
vekhen-H3652 →
כְּתִ֥יבit was written
ketivH3790 →8 times
בְּגַוַּ֖הּin midst its
begavahH1459 →13 times
דִּכְרוֹנָֽה׃ פ<the> memorandum
dikhronah'H1799 →3 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
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…
it leads to
- Hosea 13:16
Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
- Deuteronomy 28:64
Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you…
- 1 Chronicles 5:26
So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And…
- Isaiah 13:17
Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.
- Deuteronomy 28:36
The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.
- Hosea 13:16
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About Ezra
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah; Berean Standard Bible, Ezra 5; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.