Ezra 5:17

So now, if it seems good to the king, let search be made in the king's store-house at Babylon, to see if it is true that an order was given by Cyrus the king for the building of this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send us word of his pleasure in connection with this business.

Ezra 4:15

So that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers: and you will see in the book of the records that this town has been uncontrolled, and a cause of trouble to kings and countries, and that there were outbursts against authority there in the past: for which reason the town was made waste.

Ezra 4:19

And I gave orders for a search to be made, and it is certain that in the past this town has made trouble for kings, and that outbursts against authority have taken place there.

Ezra 6:1-5

Then Darius the king gave an order and a search was made in the house of the records, where the things of value were stored up in Babylon.

Proverbs 25:2

It is the glory of God to keep a thing secret: but the glory of kings is to have it searched out.

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Summary

Ezra 5:17

Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.

Let there be

Ezra 4:15

Ezra 6:1

Proverbs 25:2

A decree

Ezra 6:3

Bible References

Let there be

Then Darius the king gave an order and a search was made in the house of the records, where the things of value were stored up in Babylon.

It is the glory of God to keep a thing secret: but the glory of kings is to have it searched out.

A decree

In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made an order: In connection with the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be put up, the place where they make offerings, and let the earth for the bases be put in place; let it be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide;