Deuteronomy 13:14
14then you shall inquire and make search and ask adiligently. And behold, if it be true and certain that such an abomination has been done among you,Ezra 4:15
15in order that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers. You will find in the book of the records and learn that this city is a rebellious city, hurtful to kings and provinces, and that sedition was stirred up in it from of old. That was why this city was laid waste.Ezra 5:17
17Therefore, if it seems good to the king, blet search be made in the royal archives there in Babylon, to see whether a decree was issued by Cyrus the king for the rebuilding of this house of God in Jerusalem. And let the king send us his pleasure in this matter.”Ezra 6:1-2
The Decree of Darius
1Then Darius the king made a decree, and csearch was made in Babylonia, in the house of the archives where the documents were stored. 2And in Ecbatana, the citadel that is din the province of Media, a scroll was found on which this was written: “A record.Proverbs 25:2
2 It is the glory of God to econceal things,but the glory of kings is to fsearch things out.
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