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Ezra 6:2

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

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KJV ORIGINAL
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:
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✦ MADE SIMPLE

And there was found at Ecbatana, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a scroll, and in it was a record written like this:

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

The writer is telling us that officials found an important scroll in the royal palace archives that contained a crucial written record.

📚 Historical Context

In the book of Ezra, the Jewish people had returned from exile in Babylon and were working to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem amid opposition from local authorities. During King Darius's reign, a search of ancient records was ordered, and a decree was discovered in Achmetha, likely the city of Ecbatana in the province of the Medes, which was part of the Persian Empire at the time. This scroll confirmed King Cyrus's earlier command allowing the Jews to rebuild, illustrating God's sovereign hand in preserving historical documents for His purposes.

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The original manuscript text provided is based on the King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain. Our modern English simplifications are generated via proprietary philological synthesis, cross-referenced against Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and the Textus Receptus to ensure unwavering theological and etymological precision.

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