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Ezra 6

Esd. 6:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And there was found
shkach (Hebrew #7912)
to discover (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: find.
Pronounce: shek-akh'
Origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to 7911 through the idea of disclosure of a covered or forgotten thing
at φAchmetha
'Achmtha' (Hebrew #307)
Achmetha (i.e. Ecbatana), the summer capital of Persia
KJV usage: Achmetha.
Pronounce: akh-me-thaw'
Origin: of Persian derivation
, in the palace
biyra' (Hebrew #1001)
a palace
KJV usage: palace.
Pronounce: bee-raw'
Origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to 1002
that is in the province
mdiynah (Hebrew #4083)
(Aramaic) corresponding to 4082
KJV usage: province.
Pronounce: med-ee-naw'
of the Medes
Maday (Hebrew #4076)
(Aramaic) corresponding to 4074
KJV usage: Mede(-s).
Pronounce: maw-dah'-ee
, a
chad (Hebrew #2298)
as card. one; as article single; as an ordinal, first; adverbially, at once
KJV usage: a, first, one, together.
Pronounce: khad
Origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to 2297
roll
mgillah (Hebrew #4040)
(Aramaic) corresponding to 4039
KJV usage: roll.
Pronounce: meg-il-law'
, and therein
gav (Hebrew #1459)
the middle
KJV usage: midst, same, there- (where-) in.
Pronounce: gav
Origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to 1460
was a record
dikrown (Hebrew #1799)
corresponding to 2146; a register
KJV usage: record.
Pronounce: dik-rone'
Origin: (Aramaic) or dokran {dok-rawn'} (Aramaic)
thus
ken (Hebrew #3652)
so
KJV usage: thus.
Pronounce: kane
Origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to 3651
written
kthab (Hebrew #3790)
(Aramaic) corresponding to 3789
KJV usage: write(-ten).
Pronounce: keth-ab'
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or, Ecbatana, or, in a coffer

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at Achmetha.
or, at Ecbatana, or, in a coffer.[achmta ,] probably from the Persian [chm,] {kham,} "a house for a summer residence," with a prefix, [a,] {aleph,} and the Chaldee termination [ta,] {tha,} most likely denotes Ecbatana, as the Vulgate and Josephus read, the summer residence of the Persian monarchs. It was situated in a mountainous region at the foot of mount Orontes, or Jasonius, according to Ammianus, on the southern confines of Media and Persia, and according to Pliny, 750 miles from Seleucia the Great, 20 miles from the Caspian passes, 450 miles from Susa, and the same from Gazæ Atropatene, and in lat. 37 degrees 45 min., long. 88 degrees, according to Ptolemy.
The building of the city is ascribed to Semiramis by Diodorus, but to Deioces by Eusebius, (in Chron. 1.1,) and Herodotus, who states that it was surrounded by seven walls, strong and ample, built in circles one within another, rising each above each by the height of their respective battlements; each being distinguished by a different colour, the first white, the second black, the third purple, the fourth blue, the fifth orange, the sixth plated with silver, and the seventh with gold.
The largest of these was nearly the extent of Athens, i.e., 200 furlongs, according to Dion Chrysostom; but Diodorus Siculus states the circumference of Ecbatana to be 250 furlongs.
Within the inner circle stood the king's palace and the royal treasury, so much celebrated for its splendour and riches by Polybius. It is highly probable, as D'Anville and Major Rennel suppose, that the present Hamadan, whose ruins attest its former splendour, occupies the site of Ecbatana.
It is situated in Al Gebal, at the foot of the lofty mountain Alwend, about 80 leagues from Ispahan, and also from Bagdad.

J. N. Darby Translation

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And there was found at Achmethaa in the fortressb that is in the province of Media a roll, and therein was a record thus written:

JND Translation Notes

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a
Ecbatana, capital of Great Media.
b
Or "capital."