Ezra 4:14

4:14 In light of the fact that we are loyal to the king, 1  and since it does not seem appropriate to us that the king should sustain damage, 2  we are sending the king this information 3 

Ezra 5:13

5:13 But in the first year of King Cyrus of Babylon, 4  King Cyrus enacted a decree to rebuild this temple of God.

1 tn Aram “we eat the salt of the palace.”

2 tn Aram “the dishonor of the king is not fitting for us to see.”

3 tn Aram “and we have made known.”

4 sn Cyrus was actually a Persian king, but when he conquered Babylon in 539 b.c. he apparently appropriated to himself the additional title “king of Babylon.” The Syriac Peshitta substitutes “Persia” for “Babylon” here, but this is probably a hyper-correction.