Ezra 5:4
5:4 They
1 also asked them, “What are the names of the men who are building this edifice?”
Ezra 6:2
6:2 A scroll was found in the citadel
2 of Ecbatana which is in the province of Media, and it was inscribed as follows:
“Memorandum:
Ezra 6:10
6:10 so that they may be offering incense to the God of heaven and may be praying for the good fortune of the king and his family.
3
Ezra 7:12
7:12 4 “Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a scribe of the perfect law of the God of heaven:
Ezra 7:19
7:19 Deliver to
5 the God of Jerusalem the vessels that are given to you for the service of the temple of your God.
1 tc The translation reads with one medieval Hebrew MS, the LXX, and the Syriac Peshitta אֲמַרוּ (’amaru, “they said”) rather than the reading אֲמַרְנָא (’amarna’, “we said”) of the MT.
2 tc The translation reads בִירְתָא (birta’, citadel”) rather than the reading בְּבִירְתָא (bÿvireta’, “in the citadel”) found in the MT. The MT probably experienced dittography here.
3 tn Aram “for the life of the king and his sons.”
4 sn Ezra 7:12-26 is written in Aramaic rather than Hebrew.
5 tn Or “before.”