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:
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 writer is telling us that officials found an important scroll in the royal palace archives that contained a crucial written record.
📚 Historical Context
This occurred during the Persian Empire when King Darius ordered a search of the royal archives to verify whether King Cyrus had actually given permission for the Jews to rebuild their temple in Jerusalem. Ecbatana (Achmetha) was one of the Persian royal cities where important government documents were stored. The discovery of this scroll would prove that the Jews had legitimate authority to continue their temple construction.
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