

[4:10] 1 tn Aram “Osnappar” (so ASV, NASB, NRSV), another name for Ashurbanipal.
[4:10] 2 tc The translation reads with the ancient versions the plural בְּקֻרְיַהּ (bÿquryah, “in the cities”) rather than the singular (“in the city”) of the MT.
[4:10] 3 tn Aram “beyond the river.” In Ezra this term is a technical designation for the region west of the Euphrates river.