1 Chronicles 29:9

29:9 The people were delighted with their donations, for they contributed to the Lord with a willing attitude; ¹  King David was also very happy. ² 

1 Chronicles 29:17

29:17 I know, my God, that you examine thoughts ³  and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives ⁴  I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.

Ezra 6:22

6:22 They observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with joy, for the Lord had given them joy and had changed the opinion ⁵  of the king of Assyria ⁶  toward them, so that he assisted ⁷  them in the work on the temple of God, the God of Israel.

Ezra 6:1

Darius Issues a Decree

6:1 So Darius the king issued orders, and they searched in the archives ⁸  of the treasury which were deposited there in Babylon.

Ezra 3:8-9

3:8 In the second year after they had come to the temple of God in Jerusalem, ⁹  in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak initiated the work, ¹⁰  along with the rest of their associates, ¹¹  the priests and the Levites, and all those who were coming to Jerusalem from the exile. They appointed ¹²  the Levites who were at least twenty years old ¹³  to take charge of the work on the Lord’s temple. 3:9 So Jeshua appointed both his sons and his relatives, ¹⁴  Kadmiel and his sons (the sons of Yehudah ¹⁵ ), to take charge of the workers in the temple of God, along with the sons of Henadad, their sons, and their relatives ¹⁶  the Levites.

[29:9]  ¹ tn Heb “with a complete heart.”

[29:9]  ² tn Heb “was rejoiced with great joy.”

[29:17]  ³ tn Heb “a heart.”

[29:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “with integrity of heart.”

[6:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “heart.”

[6:22]  ⁶ sn The expression “king of Assyria” is anachronistic, since Assyria fell in 612 b.c., long before the events of this chapter. Perhaps the expression is intended subtly to contrast earlier kings of Assyria who were hostile toward Israel with this Persian king who showed them favor.

[6:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “to strengthen their hands.”

[6:1]  ⁸ tn Aram “the house of the archives.”

[3:8]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[3:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “began”; the phrase “the work” is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.

[3:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “their brothers.”

[3:8]  ¹² tn Heb “stood.”

[3:8]  ¹³ tn Heb “from twenty years and upward.”

[3:9]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “brothers.”

[3:9]  ¹⁵ 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).

[3:9]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “brothers.”