Verse 2

Ezra 6:2

Bible in Basic English

2 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:

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/הִשְׁתְּכַ֣ח בְּ/אַחְמְתָ֗א בְּ/בִֽירְתָ֛/א דִּ֛י בְּ/מָדַ֥י מְדִינְתָּ֖/ה מְגִלָּ֣ה חֲדָ֑ה וְ/כֵן כְּתִ֥יב בְּ/גַוַּ֖/הּ דִּכְרוֹנָֽ/ה

English Translation

And you will find in the kingdom of Media a new scroll, and thus it is written in her record.

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Chapter 6 Context

1 Then Darius the king gave an order and a search was made in the house of the records, where the thin... Focus ↗

2 And at Achmetha, in the great house of the king in the land of Media, they came across a roll, in wh...

3 In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made an order: In connection with the house of G... Focus ↗

4 With three lines of great stones and one line of new wood supports; and let the necessary money be g... Focus ↗

5 And let the gold and silver vessels from the house of God (Elohim), which Nebuchadnezzar took from t... Focus ↗

6 So now, Tattenai, ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai and your people the Aphars... Focus ↗

7 Let the work of this house of God (Elohim) go on; let the ruler of the Jews and their responsible me... Focus ↗

8 Further, I give orders as to what you are to do for the responsible men of the Jews in connection wi... Focus ↗

9 And whatever they have need of, young oxen and sheep and lambs, for burned offerings to the God (Elo... Focus ↗

10 So that they may make offerings of a sweet smell to the God (Elohim) of heaven, with prayers for the... Focus ↗

11 And I have given orders that if anyone makes any change in this word, one of the supports is to be p... Focus ↗

12 And may the God (Elohim) who has made it a resting-place for his name send destruction on all kings... Focus ↗

13 Then Tattenai, the ruler across the river, and Shethar-bozenai and their people, because of the orde... Focus ↗

14 And the responsible men of the Jews went on with their building, and did well, helped by the teachin... Focus ↗

15 And the building of this house was complete on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of... Focus ↗

16 And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of those who had come back, ke... Focus ↗

17 And they gave as offerings at the opening of this house of God (Elohim) a hundred oxen, two hundred... Focus ↗

18 And they put the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their order, for the worship of God (... Focus ↗

19 And the children of Israel who had come back kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first mo... Focus ↗

20 For the priests and the Levites had made themselves clean together; they were all clean: and they pu... Focus ↗

21 And the children of Israel, who had come back, and all those who were joined to them, after separati... Focus ↗

22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread for seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them full of j... Focus ↗

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