1 Esdras 2:22

22 And thou shalt find in the chronicles what is written concerning these things, and shalt understand that that city was rebellious, troubling both kings and cities,

1 Esdras 2:22 In-Context

20 And forasmuch as the things pertaining to the temple are now in hand, we think it meet not to neglect such a matter,

21 but to speak unto our lord the king with the intent that, if it be thy pleasure, it may be sought out in the books of thy fathers.

22 And thou shalt find in the chronicles what is written concerning these things, and shalt understand that that city was rebellious, troubling both kings and cities,

23 and that the Jews were rebellious and raised always wars therein, for which cause even this city was made desolate.

24 Therefore now we do declare unto thee, O lord the king, that if this city be built again, and the walls thereof set up anew, thou shalt from henceforth have no passage into Coelesyria and Phoenicia."