Ezra 3:9

3:9 So Jeshua appointed both his sons and his relatives, ¹  Kadmiel and his sons (the sons of Yehudah ² ), to take charge of the workers in the temple of God, along with the sons of Henadad, their sons, and their relatives ³  the Levites.

Ezra 3:8

3:8 In the second year after they had come to the temple of God in Jerusalem, ⁴  in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak initiated the work, ⁵  along with the rest of their associates, ⁶  the priests and the Levites, and all those who were coming to Jerusalem from the exile. They appointed ⁷  the Levites who were at least twenty years old ⁸  to take charge of the work on the Lord’s temple.

¹ tn Heb “brothers.”

² sn The name יְהוּדָה (Yehudah; cf. KJV, ASV, NASB “Judah”) is probably a variant of Hodaviah (see Ezra 2:40; cf. NIV, NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).

³ tn Heb “brothers.”

⁴ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁵ tn Heb “began”; the phrase “the work” is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.

⁶ tn Heb “their brothers.”

⁷ tn Heb “stood.”

⁸ tn Heb “from twenty years and upward.”