Ezr 4:15, 19, 6:1-2, Pro 25:2 | ESV | STEP | in 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 4:15

15 in 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 4:19

19 And I made a decree, and search has been made, and it has been found that this city from of old has risen against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made in it.

Ezra 6:1-2

The Decree of Darius

1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and ^asearch was made in Babylonia, in the house of the archives where the documents were stored. 2 And in Ecbatana, the citadel that is ^bin 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 ^cconceal things,
but the glory of kings is to ^dsearch things out.