TSK · Ezra 4:19

The LORD was with him; he succeeded in all his endeavors. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to submit to him.

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.

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, and it is the glory of a king to search out a matter.