Ezra 6:1
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The Decree of Darius
6 Then King Darius made a decree, and they searched the archives where the documents were stored in Babylon.(A)
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Ezra 5:17
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17 And now, if it seems good to the king, have a search made in the royal archives there in Babylon, to see whether a decree was issued by King Cyrus for the rebuilding of this house of God in Jerusalem. Let the king send us his pleasure in this matter.”(A)
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Proverbs 25:2
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2 It is the glory of God to conceal things,
but the glory of kings is to search things out.(A)
Ezra 4:15
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15 so that a search may be made in the annals of your ancestors. You will discover in the annals that this is a rebellious city, hurtful to kings and provinces, and that sedition was stirred up in it from long ago. On that account this city was laid waste.
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Revelation 5:1
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The Scroll and the Lamb
5 Then I saw in the right hand of the one seated on the throne a scroll written on the inside and on the back, sealed[a] with seven seals,(A)
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- 5.1 Or written on the inside and sealed on the back
Ezekiel 3:1
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3 He said to me, “O mortal, eat what is offered to you; eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.”(A)
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Ezekiel 2:9
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9 I looked, and a hand was stretched out to me, and a written scroll was in it.(A)
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Jeremiah 36:32
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32 Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the secretary Baruch son of Neriah, who wrote on it at Jeremiah’s dictation all the words of the scroll that King Jehoiakim of Judah had burned in the fire, and many similar words were added to them.
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Jeremiah 36:29
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29 And concerning King Jehoiakim of Judah you shall say: Thus says the Lord, You have burned this scroll, saying, “Why have you written in it that the king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land and will cut off from it human beings and animals?”(A)
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Jeremiah 36:20-23
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Jehoiakim Burns the Scroll
20 Leaving the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the secretary, they went to the court of the king, and they reported all the words in the hearing of the king. 21 Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the secretary, and Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king and all the officials who stood beside the king.(A) 22 Now the king was sitting in his winter apartment (it was the ninth month), and there was a fire burning in the brazier before him.(B) 23 As Jehudi read three or four columns, he would cut them off with a penknife and throw them into the fire in the brazier, until the entire scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.
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Jeremiah 36:2-4
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2 Take a scroll and write on it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel and Judah and all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah until today.(A) 3 It may be that, when the house of Judah hears of all the disasters that I intend to do to them, all of them may turn from their evil ways, so that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.(B)
4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote on a scroll at Jeremiah’s dictation all the words that the Lord had spoken to him.(C)
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Psalm 40:7
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7 Then I said, “Here I am;
in the scroll of the book it is written of me.[a]
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- 40.7 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Job 29:16
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16 I was a father to the needy,
and I championed the cause of the stranger.(A)
Ezra 4:19
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19 So I made a decree, and someone searched and discovered that this city has risen against kings from long ago and that rebellion and sedition have been made in it.
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