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Chapter 6

The Decree of Darius.[a] After that, King Darius issued an order to search the archives where the documents were stored in Babylon. Eventually in the fortress of Ecbatana,[b] a scroll was discovered with the following text:

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 6:1 The reference is to the eastern regions of the empire.
  2. Ezra 6:2 Ecbatana: modern Hamadan (Iran); this was the capital of Media.