Ezra 3:7

Preparations for Rebuilding the Temple

3:7 So they provided money ¹  for the masons and carpenters, and food, beverages, and olive oil for the people of Sidon ²  and Tyre, ³  so that they would bring cedar timber from Lebanon to the seaport ⁴  at Joppa, in accord with the edict of King Cyrus of Persia.

Ezra 5:8

5:8 Let it be known to the king that we have gone to the province of Judah, to the temple of the great God. It is being built with large stones, ⁵  and timbers are being placed in the walls. This work is being done with all diligence and is prospering in their hands.

Ezra 6:4

6:4 with three layers of large stones ⁶  and one ⁷  layer of timber. The expense is to be subsidized ⁸  by the royal treasury. ⁹ 

Ezra 6:11

6:11 “I hereby give orders that if anyone changes this directive a beam is to be pulled out from his house and he is to be raised up and impaled ¹⁰  on it, and his house is to be reduced ¹¹  to a rubbish heap ¹²  for this indiscretion. ¹³ 

[3:7]  ¹ tn Heb “silver.”

[3:7]  ² map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[3:7]  ³ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[3:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “to the sea”

[5:8]  ⁵ tn Aram “stones of rolling.” The reference is apparently to stones too large to carry.

[6:4]  ⁶ tn Aram “stones of rolling.”

[6:4]  ⁷ tc The translation follows the LXX reading חַד (khad, “one”) rather than the MT חֲדַת (khadat, “new”). If the MT reading “new” is understood to mean freshly cut timber that has not yet been seasoned it would seem to be an odd choice for construction material.

[6:4]  ⁸ tn Aram “let be given.”

[6:4]  ⁹ tn Aram “house.”

[6:11]  ¹⁰ sn The practice referred to in v. 11 has been understood in various ways: hanging (cf. 1 Esd 6:32 and KJV); flogging (cf. NEB, NLT); impalement (BDB 1091 s.v. זְקַף; HALOT 1914 s.v. מחא hitpe; cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV). The latter seems the most likely.

[6:11]  ¹¹ tn Aram “made.”

[6:11]  ¹² tn Aram “a dunghill.”

[6:11]  ¹³ tn Aram “for this.”