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¹ Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

[AD 735] Bede on Ezra 6:1

Then King Darius commanded, etc. Josephus (Antiq. XI, 3) mentioned the name of the place where these letters of Cyrus were found thus: And a book was found in Ecbatana in a constructed tower, in the region of Media. Moreover, another translation has it thus: In Ecbatana, in the safest building of the region of the Medes. Hence it seems likely that the name Media signifies nothing other than Media. What follows is:

Source: Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah