² A scroll was found in the citadel of Ecbatana in the province of Media, and this was written on it:

²³ And when the report was investigated and found to be true, the two officials were impaled^(A) on poles. All this was recorded in the book of the annals^(B) in the presence of the king.^(C)

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6 That night the king could not sleep;^(A) so he ordered the book of the chronicles,^(B) the record of his reign, to be brought in and read to him.