Ezra 6:2

Ezra 6:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:
• New International Version (NIV)A scroll was found in the citadel of Ecbatana in the province of Media, and this was written on it: Memorandum:
• English Standard Version (ESV)And in Ecbatana, the citadel that is in the province of Media, a scroll was found on which this was written: "A record.
• New Living Translation (NLT)But it was at the fortress at Ecbatana in the province of Media that a scroll was found. This is what it said: “Memorandum:

Context of Ezra 6:2

1Then King Darius issued a decree, and a search was made in the archives, where the treasures were stored in Babylon. And at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a scroll was found, and in it a record was written thus: 3In the first year of King Cyrus, King Cyrus issued a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem: “Let the house be rebuilt, the place where they offered sacrifices; and let the foundations of it be firmly laid, its height sixty cubits and its width sixty cubits, 4with three rows of heavy stones and one row of new timber. Let the expenses be paid from the king’s treasury.

Ezra 6:2 word by word

וְהִשְׁתְּכַ֣ח בְּאַחְמְתָ֗א בְּבִֽירְתָ֛א דִּ֛י בְּמָדַ֥י מְדִינְתָּ֖ה מְגִלָּ֣ה חֲדָ֑ה וְכֵן־כְּתִ֥יב בְּגַוַּ֖הּ דִּכְרוֹנָֽה׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And there was foundשְׁכַחshekach · to findH7912
• at Achmethaאַחְמְתָא'achmethâ' · EcbatanaH307
• in the palaceבִּירְתָאbîyrâ' · citadelH1001
• in the provinceמְדִינָהmedîynâh · provinceH4083
• of the Medesמָדַיmâday · MediaH4076
• aחַדchad · oneH2298
• rollמְגִלָּהmegillâh · scrollH4040
• and thereinגַּוgav · midstH1459
• a recordדִּכְרוֹןdikrôn dokrân · recordH1799
• thusכֵּןkên · thusH3652
• writtenכְּתַבkethab · to writeH3790

Cross-references for Ezra 6:2

• Ezra 1:1Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,

Commentaries on Ezra 6:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2At Achmetha - Ecbatana in India, whither it is probable all the records of Cyrus had been carried. This was a sort of summer residence for the kings of Persia.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2“Achmetha” is the “Ecbatana,” or “Agbatana,” of the Greeks, the Persian name for which, as we find in the Behistun Inscription, was HaGMaTANa. We must suppose that, when Babylon had been searched in vain, the other cities which possessed record-offices were visited, and the decree looked for in them. Ecbatana was the capital of Cyrus.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The fortress at Ecbatana, the king’s summer home, was about 300 miles northeast of Babylon. This suggests Cyrus wrote the scroll in the summer of 538 BC. Media was a mountainous area north of Persia and east of Assyria. The Kurds, descendants of the Medes, now inhabit this area. Texts introduced by the term Memorandum were usually summaries listing the main facts of an event for the royal archives (compare Ezra 1:9–10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Achmetha--long supposed to be the capital of Greater Media (the Ecbatana of classical, the Hamadan of modern times), [is] at the foot of the Elwund range of hills, where, for its coolness and salubrity, Cyrus and his successors on the Persian throne established their summer residence. There was another city, however, of this name, the Ecbatana of Atropatene, and the most ancient capital of northern Media, and recently identified by Colonel Rawlinson in…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezra 6:2

• Achmetha
• Church and State
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Medes
• Palace
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• Medes
• Achmetha
• Chaldee language
• Cyrus
• Darius
• Ecbatana
• Pure
• Roll
• Temple, the Second
• Aramaic; Aramaic Language

Commentaries on Ezra 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings