Ezra 6:2

Wycliffe Bible

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.

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.

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 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:

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 Thanne kyng Darius comaundide, and thei rekenyden in the biblet of bokis, that weren kept in Babiloyne. ² 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. ³ In the first yeer of kyng Cirus, Cirus the kyng demyde, that, `Goddis hows, which is in Jerusalem, schulde be bildid in the place where thei offren sacrifices, and that thei sette foundementis supportynge the heiythe of sixti cubitis, and the lengthe of sixti cubitis, thre ordris of stonys vnpolischid, ⁴ and so ordris of newe trees. Sotheli costis schulen be youun of the kyngis hows. ⁵ But also the goldun and siluerne vessels of Goddis temple, whiche Nabugodonosor took fro the temple of Jerusalem, and brouyte tho in to Babiloyne, be yoldun, and borun ayen in to the temple of Jerusalem, and in to her place, whiche also be set in the temple of God. ⁶ Now therfor Tathannai, duyk of the cuntrei which is biyende the flood, and Starbusannai, and youre counseleris, Arphasacei, that ben byyende the flood, departe ye fer fro hem; ⁷ and suffre ye, that thilke temple of God be maad of the duyk of Jewis, and of the eldre men of hem; and that thei bilde that hows of God in his place. ⁸ But also it is comaundid of me, that that bihoueth to be maad of tho preestis of Jewys, that the hows of God be bildid, that is, that costis be youun bisili to tho men of the arke of the kyng, that is, of tributis, that ben youun of the contrei biyende the flood, lest the werk be lettid. ⁹ That if it be nede, yyue thei bothe calues, and lambren, and kidis in to brent sacrifice to God of heuene; wheete, salt, and wyn, and oile, bi the custom of preestis that ben in Jerusalem, be youun to hem bi ech dai, that no pleynt be in ony thing. ¹⁰ And offre thei offryngis to God of heuene; and preye thei for the lijf of the kyng and of hise sones.

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
Therfore the womman seiy that the tre was good, and swete to ete, and fair to the iyen, and delitable in bi holdyng; and sche took of the fruyt therof, and eet, and yaf to hir hosebande, and he eet.

Genesis 4:26
But also a sone was borun to Seth, which sone he clepide Enos; this Enos bigan to clepe inwardli the name of the Lord.

Genesis 6:1
And whanne men bigunnen to be multiplied on erthe, and hadden gendrid douytris,

Genesis 6:2
the sones of God seiyen the douytris of men that thei weren faire, and token wyues to hem of alle whiche thei hadden chose.

Genesis 6:3
And God seide, My spirit schal not dwelle in man with outen ende, for he is fleisch; and the daies of hym schulen be an hundrid and twenti yeer.

Genesis 6:4
Sotheli giauntis weren on erthe in tho daies, forsothe aftir that the sones of God entriden to the douytris of men, and tho douytris gendriden; these weren myyti of the world and famouse men.

Genesis 6:6
and repentide him that he hadde maad man in erthe; and God was war bifore ayens tyme to comyng, and was touchid with sorewe of herte with ynne;

Genesis 6:7
and seide, Y schal do awei man, whom Y made of nouyt, fro the face of the erthe, fro man til to lyuynge thingis, fro crepynge beeste til to the briddis of heuene; for it repentith me that Y made hem.

Genesis 6:8
Forsothe Noe foond grace bifore the Lord.

Genesis 6:12
And whanne God seiy, that the erthe was corrupt, for ech fleisch ether man hadde corrupt his weie on erthe,

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.