Ezra 4:15
4:15 so that he may initiate a search of the records
of his predecessors
and discover in those records
that this city is rebellious
and injurious to both kings and provinces, producing internal revolts
from long ago.
It is for this very reason that this city was destroyed.
Ezra 4:19
4:19 So I gave orders,
and it was determined
that this city from long ago has been engaging in insurrection against kings. It has continually engaged in
rebellion and revolt.
Ezra 5:17
5:17 “Now if the king is so inclined, let a search be conducted in the royal archives there in Babylon in order to determine whether King Cyrus did in fact issue orders for this temple of God to be rebuilt in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us a decision concerning this matter.”
Job 29:16
29:16 I was a father to the needy,
and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;
Proverbs 25:2
25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter,
and it is the glory of a king to search out a matter.