Ezra 5:17

Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let a search be 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."

Ezra 4:15

that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers: so you shall find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful to kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time; for which cause was this city laid waste.

Ezra 4:19

I decreed, and search has been made, and it is found that this city of old time has made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.

Ezra 6:1-5

Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

Proverbs 25:2

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

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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 made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

A decree

In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning God's house at Jerusalem, let the house be built, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let its foundations be strongly laid; its height sixty cubits, and its breadth sixty cubits;