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 doth seek in the book of the records of thy fathers, and thou dost find in the book of the records, and dost know, that this city is a rebellious city, and causing loss to kings and provinces, and makers of sedition are in its midst from the days of old, therefore hath this city been wasted.

And now, if to the king it be good, let search be made in the treasure-house of the king, that is there in Babylon, whether it be that of Cyrus the king there was made a decree to build this house of God in Jerusalem, and the will of the king concerning this thing he doth send unto us.'

A father I am to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.

The honour of God is to hide a thing, And the honour of kings to search out a matter.

Rolls

Then said I, 'Lo, I have come,' In the roll of the book it is written of me,

'Take to thee a roll of a book, and thou hast written on it all the words that I have spoken unto thee concerning Israel, and concerning Judah, and concerning all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day;

And I look, and lo, a hand is sent forth unto me, and lo, in it a roll of a book,

And He saith unto me, 'Son of man, that which thou findest eat, eat this roll, and go, speak unto the house of Israel.'

And I saw upon the right hand of Him who is sitting upon the throne a scroll, written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals;