Ezra 6:2

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

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — King Darius orders officials to search the Babylonian treasury archives, where a record from the Media province is located. The document preserves a prior royal decree concerning the Jerusalem temple.

The words — מְגִלָּ֣ה (me.gi.Lah) translates literally to "a scroll," and וְ/הִשְׁתְּכַ֣ח (ve./hish.te.Khach) means "and it was found."

The thread — The relocation of exiled populations under imperial authority runs parallel to 2 Kings 17:6, where Assyria captures Samaria and deportates Israel.

Why it lands — The passage records an authenticated administrative file that validates temple reconstruction, requiring readers to recognize how historical documentation preserves prior divine instructions.

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The Hebrew words

וְהִשְׁתְּכַ֣חve./hish.te.Khachand/ it was found בְּאַחְמְתָ֗אbe./'ach.me.Ta'in/ Ecbatana בְּבִֽירְתָ֛אbe./vi.re.Ta/'in/ citadel/ the דִּ֛יdiwhich בְּמָדַ֥יbe./ma.Dai[is] in/ Media מְדִינְתָּ֖הme.di.ne.Tah/'province/ the מְגִלָּ֣הme.gi.Laha scroll חֲדָ֑הcha.Dahone וְכֵן־ve./khen-and/ as follows כְּתִ֥יבke.Tivit was written בְּגַוַּ֖הּbe./ga.Va/hin/ midst/ its דִּכְרוֹנָֽה׃ פdikh.ro.Nah/'<the>/ memorandum

King James Version

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:

Cross-references

2 Kings 17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.

Places named

Ecbatana