Ezra 1:8
Konteks1:8 King Cyrus of Persia entrusted 1 them to 2 Mithredath 3 the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar 4 the leader of the Judahite exiles. 5
Ezra 8:1
Konteks8:1 These are the leaders 6 and those enrolled with them by genealogy who were coming up with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:
Ezra 8:24
Konteks8:24 Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with 7 Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers, 8
[1:8] 1 tn Heb “brought them forth.”
[1:8] 2 tn Heb “upon the hand of.”
[1:8] 3 sn A Persian name meaning “gift of Mithras.” See HALOT 656 s.v. מִתְרְדָת.
[1:8] 4 sn A Babylonian name with the probable meaning “Shamash protect the father.” See HALOT 1664-65 s.v. שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּר.
[1:8] 5 tn Heb “Sheshbazzar the prince to Judah”; TEV, CEV “the governor of Judah.”
[8:1] 6 tn Heb “the heads of their families.”
[8:24] 7 tc The translation reads וַחֲשַׁבְיָה וְשֵׁרֵבְיָה (vÿsherevÿyah vakhashavyah, “and Sherebiah and Hashabiah”) rather than the reading חֲשַׁבְיָה לְשֵׁרֵבְיָה (lÿsherevyah khashavyah, “to Sherebiah Hashabiah”) of the MT.
[8:24] 8 tn Or “relatives”; or “colleagues” (cf. NLT “ten other priests”).