Ezra 4:10

4:10 and the rest of nations whom the great and noble Ashurbanipal ¹  deported and settled in the cities ²  of Samaria and other places in Trans-Euphrates. ³ 

Ezra 5:6

5:6 This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar-Bozenai, and his colleagues who were the officials of Trans-Euphrates sent to King Darius.

Ezra 5:16

5:16 Then this Sheshbazzar went and laid the foundations of the temple of God in Jerusalem. From that time to the present moment ⁴  it has been in the process of being rebuilt, although it is not yet finished.’

Ezra 6:4

6:4 with three layers of large stones ⁵  and one ⁶  layer of timber. The expense is to be subsidized ⁷  by the royal treasury. ⁸ 

Ezra 7:14

7:14 You are authorized ⁹  by the king and his seven advisers to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your possession, ¹⁰ 

Ezra 7:16

7:16 along with all the silver and gold that you may collect ¹¹  throughout all the province of Babylon and the contributions of the people and the priests for the temple of their God which is in Jerusalem.

[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.

[5:16]  ⁴ tn Aram “from then and until now.”

[6:4]  ⁷ tn Aram “stones of rolling.”

[6:4]  ⁸ tc The translation follows the LXX reading חַד (khad, “one”) rather than the MT חֲדַת (khadat, “new”). If the MT reading “new” is understood to mean freshly cut timber that has not yet been seasoned it would seem to be an odd choice for construction material.

[6:4]  ⁹ tn Aram “let be given.”

[6:4]  ¹⁰ tn Aram “house.”

[7:14]  ¹⁰ tn Aram “sent.”

[7:14]  ¹¹ tn Aram “in your hand.”

[7:16]  ¹³ tn Aram “find.”