Ezra 6:1

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Summary

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

And search

Rolls

Revelation 5:1

Bible References

And search

so that he may initiate a search of the records of his predecessors and discover in those records that this city is rebellious and injurious to both kings and provinces, producing internal revolts from long ago. It is for this very reason that this city was destroyed.

"Now if the king is so inclined, let a search be conducted in the royal archives there in Babylon in order to determine whether King Cyrus did in fact issue orders for this temple of God to be rebuilt in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us a decision concerning this matter."

I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, and it is the glory of a king to search out a matter.

Rolls

Then I say, "Look! I come! What is written in the scroll pertains to me.

"Get a scroll. Write on it everything I have told you to say about Israel, Judah, and all the other nations since I began to speak to you in the reign of Josiah until now.

Then I looked and realized a hand was stretched out to me, and in it was a written scroll.

He said to me, "Son of man, eat what you see in front of you -- eat this scroll -- and then go and speak to the house of Israel."

Then I saw in the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne a scroll written on the front and back and sealed with seven seals.