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BrLXXΤότε Δαρεῖος ὁ βασιλεὺς ἔθηκε γνώμην, καὶ ἐπεσκέψατο ἐν ταῖς βιβλιοθήκαις ὅπου ἡ γάζα κεῖται ἐν Βαβυλῶνι. (Tote Dareios ho basileus ethaʸke gnōmaʸn, kai epeskepsato en tais bibliothaʸkais hopou haʸ gaza keitai en Babulōni. )
BrTrThen Darius the king made a decree, and caused a search to be made in the record-offices, where the treasure is stored in Babylon.
ULTThen Darius the king set a decree and they searched in the house of the books where the treasures had been deposited there in Babylon.
USTSo King Darius commanded his servants to search in the places where he kept important records there in the kingdom of Babylon.
BSB § Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon.
NETSo Darius the king issued orders, and they searched in the archives of the treasury which were deposited there in Babylon.
LSVThen Darius the king made a decree, and they sought in the house of the scrolls of the treasuries placed there in Babylon,
FBVThus King Darius ordered that a search be made of the archives that were housed in the treasury of Babylon.
T4TLater Darius became the ruler of the Persian Empire. When the enemies of the Israelis forced them to stop rebuilding the temple, the Persian officials sent a message to King Darius. They asked him to search the records in the ◄archives/government records►, in the building where the king stored the important documents, to find out whether King Cyrus had authorized that the temple should be rebuilt.
LEBThen King Darius issued forth a decree, and they searched the house of the treasury of scrolls being stored in Babylonia.
BBEThen Darius the king gave an order and a search was made in the house of the records, where the things of value were stored up in Babylon.
KJB-1611¶ [fn][fn]Then Darius the King made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolles, where the treasures were laide vp in Babylon. (¶ Then Darius the King made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolles, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.)
BshpsThen comaunded king Darius: & they made searche in the librarie, eue in the place where they layed vp the treasure at Babylon: (Then commanded king Darius: and they made searche in the librarie, eue in the place where they laid up the treasure at Babylon:)
GnvaThen King Darius gaue commandement, and they made search in the librarie of the treasures, which were there layd vp in Babel. (Then King Darius gave commandment, and they made search in the librarie of the treasures, which were there laid up in Babel. )
CvdlThen comaunded kinge Darius, that search shulde be made in ye library of ye kynges treasure house, which laye at Babilon. (Then commanded king Darius, that search should be made in ye/you_all library of ye/you_all kings treasure house, which lay at Babilon.)
WyclThanne kyng Darius comaundide, and thei rekenyden in the biblet of bokis, that weren kept in Babiloyne. (Then king Darius commanded, and they rekenyden in the biblet of bokis, that were kept in Babiloyne.)
LuthDa befahl der König Darius, daß man suchen sollte in der Kanzlei, im Schatzhause des Königs, die zu Babel lag. (So befahl the/of_the king Darius, that man suchen sollte in the/of_the Kanzlei, in_the Schatzhause the kings, the to Babel lay.)
ClVgTunc Darius rex præcepit: et recensuerunt in bibliotheca librorum, qui erant repositi in Babylone.[fn] (Tunc Darius king ordered: and recensuerunt in bibliotheca librorum, who they_were repositi in Babylone. )
6.1Tunc Darius. BEDA in Esdram, lib. 2, tom. 2. Josephus nomen loci in quo hæ Cyri litteræ sint inventæ, ita posuit; et inventus est in Egbathanis constructa urbe in regione Mediæ codex. Porro alia translatio sic habet: In Egbathana in ædificio tutissimo regionis Medorum: unde videtur quod nomen Medena non aliud quam Mediam significat.
6.1Tunc Darius. BEDA in Esdram, lib. 2, tom. 2. Yosephus nomen loci in quo hæ Cyri litteræ sint inventæ, ita posuit; and inventus it_is in Egbathanis constructa city in regione Mediæ codex. Further other translatio so habet: In Egbathana in ædificio tutissimo regionis Medorum: whence videtur that nomen Medena not/no something_else how Mediam significat.
Here, Then indicates that the sentence it introduces explains the results of what the previous sentences described. Alternate translation: “As a result”
The implication is that King Darius ordered his officials to search in the royal archives to investigate the claims that the Jewish elders had made in response to the questions that Tattenai and his associates asked them. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could say this explicitly. Alternate translation: “King Darius commanded his officials to investigate whether King Cyrus had issued a decree to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem by searching”
This means the building or buildings where valuable documents such as royal chronicles were stored and kept safe. This is called a house as if those documents lived there. Alternate translation: “in the places where the kings stored their chronicles and other valuable items”
If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this with an active form, and you could say who did the action. Alternate translation: “in the places where the kings stored their chronicles and other valuable items”
This cannot mean that the search was limited to the archives in the city of Babylon or even to the region of Babylon that had become a province in the Persian Empire because a scroll describing the decree of Cyrus was finally found in the neighboring province of Media. Rather, Babylon must be a general description for the whole area that was the center of power for the Babylonian and Persian empires. Alternate translation: “there in Babylonia”
The Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, where all Israelite males were commanded to offer sacrifices to the Lord (Exodus 23:14-19; Deuteronomy 16:16-17), underwent several stages of reconstruction and development over hundreds of years. The first Temple was built by King Solomon to replace the aging Tabernacle, and it was constructed on a threshing floor on high ground on the north side of the city (2 Samuel 24; 1 Chronicles 21). Hundreds of years later King Hezekiah expanded the platform surrounding the Temple. When Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians in 586 B.C., the Temple was completely destroyed (2 Kings 25:1-21; 2 Chronicles 36:17-21; Jeremiah 39:1-10; 52:1-30). It was rebuilt in 515 B.C. after a group of Jews returned to Judea from exile in Babylon (Ezra 1:5-6:15; Nehemiah 7:5-65). Herod the Great completely rebuilt and expanded the Temple once again around 20 B.C., making it one of the largest temples in the Roman world. Jesus’ first believers often met together in Solomon’s Colonnade, a columned porch that encircled the Temple Mount, perhaps carrying on a tradition started by Jesus himself (John 10:23; Acts 3:11; 5:12). But Herod’s Temple did not last long: After many Jews revolted against Rome, the Romans eventually recaptured Jerusalem and destroyed the Temple in A.D. 70.
