Ezra 1:4

1:4 Anyone who survives in any of those places where he is a resident foreigner must be helped by his neighbors ¹  with silver, gold, equipment, and animals, along with voluntary offerings for the temple of God which is in Jerusalem.’”

Ezra 6:1

Darius Issues a Decree

6:1 So Darius the king issued orders, and they searched in the archives ²  of the treasury which were deposited there in Babylon.

Ezra 4:20

4:20 Powerful kings have been over Jerusalem who ruled throughout the entire Trans-Euphrates ³  and who were the beneficiaries of ⁴  tribute, custom, and toll.

Ezra 6:2

6:2 A scroll was found in the citadel ⁵  of Ecbatana which is in the province of Media, and it was inscribed as follows:

“Memorandum:

Ezra 2:1

The Names of the Returning Exiles

2:1 ⁶ These are the people ⁷  of the province who were going up, ⁸  from the captives of the exile whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile in Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem ⁹  and Judah, each to his own city.

Ezra 9:11

9:11 which you commanded us through your servants the prophets with these words: ¹⁰  ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land defiled by the impurities of the local residents! ¹¹  With their abominations they have filled it from one end to the other with their filthiness.

Ezra 3:13

3:13 People were unable to tell the difference between the sound of joyous shouting and the sound of the people’s weeping, for the people were shouting so loudly ¹²  that the sound was heard a long way off.

[1:4]  ¹ tn Heb “the men of his place.”

[6:1]  ² tn Aram “the house of the archives.”

[4:20]  ³ sn The statement that prior Jewish kings ruled over the entire Trans-Euphrates is an overstatement. Not even in the days of David and Solomon did the kingdom of Israel extend its borders to such an extent.

[4:20]  ⁴ tn Aram “were being given to them.”

[6:2]  ⁵ tc The translation reads בִירְתָא (birta’, citadel”) rather than the reading בְּבִירְתָא (bÿvireta’, “in the citadel”) found in the MT. The MT probably experienced dittography here.

[2:1]  ⁶ sn The list of names and numbers in this chapter of Ezra has a parallel account in Neh 7:6-73. The fact that the two lists do not always agree in specific details suggests that various textual errors have crept into the accounts during the transmission process.

[2:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “the sons of.”

[2:1]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew term הָעֹלִים (ha’olim, “those who were going up” [Qal active participle]) refers to continual action in the past. Most translations render this as a simple past: “went up” (KJV), “came up” (RSV, ASV, NASV, NIV), “came” (NRSV). CEV paraphrases: “were on their way back.”

[2:1]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[9:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “through your servants the prophets, saying.”

[9:11]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.”

[3:13]  ¹² tn Heb “a great shout.”