Ezra 4:15
That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.
Context
This verse from Ezra Chapter 4 connects to 10 cross-references. The adversaries of Judah and Benjamin offer to help build the temple but are rebuffed because Cyrus commissioned the Israelites alone; the adversaries then work persistently to frustrate the building throughout Cyrus's reign and into Darius's. They write a letter …
Other Translations
that search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time; for which cause was this city laid waste.
so that he doth seek in the book of the records of thy fathers, and thou dost find in the book of the records, and dost know, that this city <FI>is<Fi> a rebellious city, and causing loss <FI>to<Fi> kings and provinces, and makers of sedition <FI>are<Fi> in its midst from the days of old, therefore hath this city been wasted.
So that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers: and you will see in the book of the records that this town has been uncontrolled, and a cause of trouble to kings and countries, and that there were outbursts against authority there in the past: for which reason the town was made waste.
Cross References
And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the …
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day …
For through the anger of the Lord it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them …
Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, …
And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all …
And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion …
For through the anger of the Lord it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them …
Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, …
Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion …