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:
Parallel translations
- 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:
- BSB And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the following written on it: Memorandum:
- NKJV And at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a scroll was found, and in it a record was written thus:
- NASB And in Ecbatana, in the fortress which is in the province of Media, a scroll was found; and the following was written in it: “Memorandum—
- NLT But it was at the fortress at Ecbatana in the province of Media that a scroll was found. This is what it said: “Memorandum:
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Quick answer
The decree was found on a scroll at Achmetha in Media. The crucial record confirming Cyrus's order was located.
Overview
The document was found not in Babylon but in Ecbatana (Achmetha), a Persian summer capital. This providential discovery confirmed the Jews' testimony precisely. God ensured that the record needed to vindicate His people was preserved and found.
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- 2 Kgs 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
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