Ezra 6:2

New Living Translation

But it was at the fortress at Ecbatana in the province of Media that a scroll was found. This is what it said: "Memorandum:

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But it was in the fortress of Ecbatana in the province of Media that a scroll was found with this record written on it:

Hebrew Names Version
There was found at Achmeta, in the palace that is in the province of Madai, a scroll, and therein was thus written for a record:

King James Version
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:

English Standard Version
And in Ecbatana, the citadel that is in the province of Media, a scroll was found on which this was written: "A record.

New Century Version
A scroll was found in Ecbatana, the capital city of Media. This is what was written on it: Note:

New English Translation
A scroll was found in the citadel of Ecbatana which is in the province of Media, and it was inscribed as follows: "Memorandum:

Amplified Bible
In Ecbatana in the fortress (palace) in the province of Media, a scroll was found on which this was recorded: "Memorandum—

New American Standard Bible
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—

World English Bible
There was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a scroll, and therein was thus written for a record:

Geneva Bible (1587)
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,

Legacy Standard Bible
And in Ecbatana in the fortress, which is in the province of Media, a scroll was found and there was written in it as follows: "Memorandum—

Berean Standard Bible
And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the following written on it: Memorandum:

Contemporary English Version
Finally, a scroll was found in Ecbatana, the capital of Media Province, and it said: This official record will show

Complete Jewish Bible
and there was found at Achm'ta, in the palace which is in the province of Media, a scroll on which was written the following: "Memorandum:

Darby Translation
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:

Easy-to-Read Version
A scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana. (Ecbatana is in the province of Media.) This is what was written on that scroll: Official Note:

George Lamsa Translation
And there was found in the city of Akhmathan, which is in the province of Media, a scroll, and in the scroll was written:

Good News Translation
But it was in the city of Ecbatana in the province of Media that a scroll was found, containing the following record:

Lexham English Bible
But it was in Ecbatana in the province of Media, in the citadel, that a certain scroll had written on it, "A record.

Literal Translation
And there was found in Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a scroll. And in it was a record written thus:

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So at Egbathanis in a castell that lyeth in the londe of the Meedes, there was founde a boke, & in it was there an acte wrytten after this maner:

American Standard Version
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:

Bible in Basic English
And at Achmetha, in the great house of the king in the land of Media, they came across a roll, in which this statement was put on record:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And there was found in a coffer in the palace that is in the prouince of the Medes, a volume: and therein was it thus written as a memoriall.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.

King James Version (1611)
And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the prouince of the Medes, a rolle, and therein was a record thus written:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And there was found in the city, in the palace, a volume, and this was the record written in it.

English Revised Version
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.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And o book was foundun in Egbatanys, which is a castel in the prouynce of Medena, and sich a sentence of the kyng was writun therynne.

Update Bible Version
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:

Webster's Bible Translation
And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that [is] in the province of the Medes, a roll, and in it [was] a record thus written:

New King James Version
And at Achmetha, [fn] in the palace that is in the province of Media, a scroll was found, and in it a record was written thus:

New Life Bible
And in Ecbatana, the most important city in the land of Media, a book was found in which was written:

New Revised Standard
But it was in Ecbatana, the capital in the province of Media, that a scroll was found on which this was written: "A record.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And there was found in Achmetha, in the fortress which is in the province of Media, a roll, - and, thus, was it written therein, as a record: -

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there was found in Ecbatana, which is a castle in the province of Media, a book in which this record was written.

Revised Standard Version
And in Ecbat'ana, the capital which is in the province of Media, a scroll was found on which this was written: "A record.

Young's Literal Translation
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]:

New American Standard Bible (1995)
In Ecbatana in the fortress, which is in the province of Media, a scroll was found and there was written in it as follows: "Memorandum—

Contextual Overview

¹ So King Darius issued orders that a search be made in the Babylonian archives, which were stored in the treasury. ² But it was at the fortress at Ecbatana in the province of Media that a scroll was found. This is what it said: "Memorandum: ³ "In the first year of King Cyrus's reign, a decree was sent out concerning the Temple of God at Jerusalem. "Let the Temple be rebuilt on the site where Jews used to offer their sacrifices, using the original foundations. Its height will be ninety feet, and its width will be ninety feet. ⁴ Every three layers of specially prepared stones will be topped by a layer of timber. All expenses will be paid by the royal treasury. ⁵ Furthermore, the gold and silver cups, which were taken to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar from the Temple of God in Jerusalem, must be returned to Jerusalem and put back where they belong. Let them be taken back to the Temple of God." ⁶ So King Darius sent this message: "Now therefore, Tattenai, governor of the province west of the Euphrates River, and Shethar-bozenai, and your colleagues and other officials west of the Euphrates River—stay away from there! ⁷ Do not disturb the construction of the Temple of God. Let it be rebuilt on its original site, and do not hinder the governor of Judah and the elders of the Jews in their work. ⁸ "Moreover, I hereby decree that you are to help these elders of the Jews as they rebuild this Temple of God. You must pay the full construction costs, without delay, from my taxes collected in the province west of the Euphrates River so that the work will not be interrupted. ⁹ "Give the priests in Jerusalem whatever is needed in the way of young bulls, rams, and male lambs for the burnt offerings presented to the God of heaven. And without fail, provide them with as much wheat, salt, wine, and olive oil as they need each day. ¹⁰ Then they will be able to offer acceptable sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the welfare of the king and his sons.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

at Achmetha: or, at Ecbatana, or, in a coffer, אחמתא [Strong's H712], probably from the Persian Mx, kham, "a house for a summer residence," with a prefix, א, aleph, and the Chaldee termination )t, tha, most likely denotes Ecbatana, as the Vulgate and Josephus read, the summer residence of the Persian monarchs. It was situated in a mountainous region at the foot of mount Orontes, or Jasonius, according to Ammianus, on the southern confines of Media and Persia, and according to Pliny, 750 miles from Seleucia the Great, 20 miles from the Caspian passes, 450 miles from Susa, and the same from Gaze Atropatene, and in lat. 37 degrees 45 min., long. 88 degrees, according to Ptolemy. The building of the city is ascribed to Semiramis by Diodorus, but to Deioces by Eusebius (in Chron. Ezra 1:1), and Herodotus, who states that it was surrounded by seven walls, strong and ample, built in circles one within another, rising each above each by the height of their respective battlements; each being distinguished by a different colour, the first white, the second black, the third purple, the fourth blue, the fifth orange, the sixth plated with silver, and the seventh with gold. The largest of these was nearly the extent of Athens, i.e., 200 furlongs, according to Dion Chrysostom; but Diodorus Siculus states the circumference of Ecbatana to be 250 furlongs. Within the inner circle stood the king's palace and the royal treasury, so much celebrated for its splendour and riches by Polybius. It is highly probable, as D'Anville and Major Rennel suppose, that the present Hamadan, whose ruins attest its former splendour, occupies the site of Ecbatana. It is situated in Al Gebal, at the foot of the lofty mountain Alwend, about 80 leagues from Ispahan, and also from Bagdad.

Reciprocal: Ezra 2:1 - the children Ezra 4:19 - search Ezra 5:17 - let there be Nehemiah 7:6 - the children Jeremiah 36:2 - a roll Acts 2:9 - Medes

Cross-References

Genesis 3:6
The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too.

Genesis 4:26
When Seth grew up, he had a son and named him Enosh. At that time people first began to worship the Lord by name.

Genesis 6:1
Then the people began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them.

Genesis 6:2
The sons of God saw the beautiful women and took any they wanted as their wives.

Genesis 6:3
Then the Lord said, "My Spirit will not put up with humans for such a long time, for they are only mortal flesh. In the future, their normal lifespan will be no more than 120 years."

Genesis 6:4
In those days, and for some time after, giant Nephilites lived on the earth, for whenever the sons of God had intercourse with women, they gave birth to children who became the heroes and famous warriors of ancient times.

Genesis 6:6
So the Lord was sorry he had ever made them and put them on the earth. It broke his heart.

Genesis 6:7
And the Lord said, "I will wipe this human race I have created from the face of the earth. Yes, and I will destroy every living thing—all the people, the large animals, the small animals that scurry along the ground, and even the birds of the sky. I am sorry I ever made them."

Genesis 6:8
But Noah found favor with the Lord .

Genesis 6:12
God observed all this corruption in the world, for everyone on earth was corrupt.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And there was found at Achmetha,.... Which Jarchi and Aben Ezra take to be the name of a vessel in which letters and writings were put for safety; but it was no doubt the name of a place; the Vulgate Latin version has it Ecbatana; and so Josephus s; which was the name of a city in Media, where the kings of that country had their residence in the summer time t; for it has its name from heat u; the Persian kings dwelt at Shushan in the winter, and at Ecbatana in the summer w; hence they are compared by Aelian x to cranes, birds of passage, because of their going to and from the above places:

in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, here was found

a roll; which was the decree of Cyrus, which perhaps he took with him when he went thither:

and therein was a record thus written; as follows.

s Antiqu. l. 11. c. 4. sect. 6. t Curtius, l. 5. c. 8. Vid. Alex. ab Alex. Genial. Dier. l. 3. c. 6. u Hiller. Onomastic. Sacr. p. 618. w Athen. Deipnosophist, l. 12. c. 1. x De Animal. l. 3. c. 13.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

“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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezra 6:2. 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.