Ezra 6:2 meaning and explanation

And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the following written on it: Memorandum:

Ezra 6:2, Berean Standard Bible

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King Darius orders a search of the royal archives, and the record turns up not in Babylon but in the fortress of Ecbatana, in Media, a summer residence of Persian kings. The find matters because it settles the dispute Tattenai raised in the previous chapter: the Jews claimed Cyrus had authorized the rebuilding.

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