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.

And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written: