Ezra 4:19
And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.
Context
This verse from Ezra Chapter 4 connects to 9 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
And I decreed, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.
and by me a decree hath been made, and they sought, and have found that this city from the days of old against kings is lifting up itself, and rebellion and sedition is made in it,
And I gave orders for a search to be made, and it is certain that in the past this town has made trouble for kings, and that outbursts against authority have taken place there.
Cross References
Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, …
For through the anger of the Lord it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them …
And the Lord was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of …
And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and …
Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king’s treasure house, which …
That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the …
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a …
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that …
And hath taken of the king’s seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: …