“A scroll was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, and in it this was written for a record:”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Ezra 6 contains 22 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.