Ezra 4:24

4:24 So the work on the temple of God in Jerusalem came to a halt. It remained halted until the second year of the reign of King Darius of Persia. ¹ 

Ezra 3:8

3:8 In the second year after they had come to the temple of God in Jerusalem, ²  in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak initiated the work, ³  along with the rest of their associates, ⁴  the priests and the Levites, and all those who were coming to Jerusalem from the exile. They appointed ⁵  the Levites who were at least twenty years old ⁶  to take charge of the work on the Lord’s temple.

Ezra 1:10

1:10 30 gold bowls,

410 other ⁷  silver bowls,

and 1,000 other vessels.

¹ sn Darius I Hystaspes ruled Persia ca. 522–486 b.c.

² map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

³ tn Heb “began”; the phrase “the work” is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “their brothers.”

⁵ tn Heb “stood.”

⁶ tn Heb “from twenty years and upward.”

³ tn The meaning of the Hebrew term מִשְׁנִים (mishnim) is uncertain. The noun מִשְׁנֶה (mishneh) means “double, second” (BDB 1041 s.v.), “what is doubled, two-fold” (HALOT 650 s.v. מִשְׁנֶה 3). The translations reflect a diversity of approaches: “410 silver bowls of a second kind” (KJV, NASV, RSV margin), “410 other silver bowls” (NRSV) and “410 matching silver bowls” (NIV). BDB 1041 s.v. משׁנה 3.a suggests it was originally a numeral that was garbled in the transmission process, as reflected in the LXX: “two thousand” (so RSV: “two thousand four hundred and ten bowls of silver”). The BHS editor suggests revocalizing the term to מְשֻׁנִים (mÿshunim, “changed”).