Ezra 1:7
Konteks1:7 Then King Cyrus brought out the vessels of the Lord’s temple which Nebuchadnezzar had brought from Jerusalem and had displayed 1 in the temple of his gods.
Ezra 7:9
Konteks7:9 On the first day of the first month he had determined to make 2 the ascent from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he arrived at Jerusalem, 3 for the good hand of his God was on him.
[1:7] 1 tn Heb “and he gave them.”
[7:9] 2 tc The translation reads יִסַּד (yissad, “he appointed” [= determined]) rather than the reading יְסֻד (yÿsud, “foundation”) of the MT. (The words “to make” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.)
[7:9] 3 sn Apparently it took the caravan almost four months to make the five hundred mile journey.