Ezra 4:15

in order that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers . You will find in the book of the records and learn that this city is a rebellious city , hurtful to kings and provinces , and that sedition was stirred up in it from of old . That was why this city was laid waste .

so that a search may be made in the archives of your predecessors. In these records you will find that this city is a rebellious city, troublesome to kings and provinces, a place with a long history of sedition. That is why this city was destroyed.

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.