Ezra 1:8

1:8 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 3:10

3:10 When the builders established the Lord’s temple, the priests, ceremonially attired and with their clarions, ⁶  and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with their cymbals, stood to praise the Lord according to the instructions left by ⁷  King David of Israel. ⁸ 

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 ⁹  on it, and his house is to be reduced ¹⁰  to a rubbish heap ¹¹  for this indiscretion. ¹² 

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, ¹³  and timbers are being placed in the walls. This work is being done with all diligence and is prospering in their hands.

Ezra 9:2

9:2 Indeed, they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race ¹⁴  has become intermingled with the local residents. Worse still, the leaders and the officials have been at the forefront of all of this!”

¹ tn Heb “brought them forth.”

² tn Heb “upon the hand of.”

³ sn A Persian name meaning “gift of Mithras.” See HALOT 656 s.v. מִתְרְדָת.

⁴ sn A Babylonian name with the probable meaning “Shamash protect the father.” See HALOT 1664-65 s.v. שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּר.

⁵ tn Heb “Sheshbazzar the prince to Judah”; TEV, CEV “the governor of Judah.”

⁶ sn This was a long, straight, metallic instrument used for signal calls, rather than the traditional ram’s horn (both instruments are typically translated “trumpet” by English versions).

⁷ tn Heb “according to the hands of.”

⁸ sn See Ps 107:1; 118:1, 29; 136:1. Cf. 2 Chr 5:13; 7:3; 20:21.

¹¹ 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.

¹² tn Aram “made.”

¹³ tn Aram “a dunghill.”

¹⁴ tn Aram “for this.”

¹⁶ tn Aram “stones of rolling.” The reference is apparently to stones too large to carry.

²¹ tn Heb “the holy seed,” referring to the Israelites as God’s holy people.