Ezra 5:4
Konteks5:4 They 1 also asked them, “What are the names of the men who are building this edifice?”
Ezra 4:8
Konteks4:8 Rehum the commander 2 and Shimshai the scribe 3 wrote a letter concerning 4 Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:
Ezra 5:9
Konteks5:9 We inquired of those elders, asking them, ‘Who gave you the authority to rebuild this temple and to complete this structure?’
Ezra 6:13
Konteks6:13 Then Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar-Bozenai, and their colleagues acted accordingly – with precision, just as Darius the king had given instructions. 5
Ezra 5:11
Konteks5:11 They responded to us in the following way: ‘We are servants of the God of heaven and earth. We are rebuilding the temple which was previously built many years ago. A great king 6 of Israel built it and completed it.
[5:4] 1 tc The translation reads with one medieval Hebrew
[4:8] 2 tn Aram “lord of the command.” So also in vv. 9, 17.
[4:8] 3 sn Like Rehum, Shimshai was apparently a fairly high-ranking official charged with overseeing Persian interests in this part of the empire. His title was “scribe” or “secretary,” but in a more elevated political sense than that word sometimes has elsewhere. American governmental titles such as “Secretary of State” perhaps provide an analogy in that the word “secretary” can have a broad range of meaning.
[4:8] 4 tn Or perhaps “against.”
[5:11] 6 sn This great king of Israel would, of course, be Solomon.