Ezra 4:24--5:1

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 

Tattenai Appeals to Darius

5:1 Then the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son ²  of Iddo ³  prophesied concerning the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem ⁴  in the name of the God of Israel who was over them.

Ezra 5:5

5:5 But God was watching over ⁵  the elders of Judah, and they were not stopped ⁶  until a report could be dispatched ⁷  to Darius and a letter could be sent back concerning this.

Ezra 5:13

5:13 But in the first year of King Cyrus of Babylon, ⁸  King Cyrus enacted a decree to rebuild this temple of God.

Ezra 5:15-16

5:15 He said to him, “Take these vessels and go deposit them in the temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt in its proper location.” ⁹  5:16 Then this Sheshbazzar went and laid the foundations of the temple of God in Jerusalem. From that time to the present moment ¹⁰  it has been in the process of being rebuilt, although it is not yet finished.’

Ezra 6:16

6:16 The people ¹¹  of Israel – the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles ¹²  – observed the dedication of this temple of God with joy.

Ezra 6:18

6:18 They appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their divisions over the worship of God at Jerusalem, ¹³  in accord with ¹⁴  the book of Moses.

Ezra 7:14

7:14 You are authorized ¹⁵  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, ¹⁶ 

Ezra 7:16

7:16 along with all the silver and gold that you may collect ¹⁷  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.

Ezra 7:18

7:18 You may do whatever seems appropriate to you and your colleagues ¹⁸  with the rest of the silver and the gold, in keeping with the will of your God.

Ezra 7:20

7:20 The rest of the needs for the temple of your God that you may have to supply, ¹⁹  you may do so from the royal treasury.

[4:24]  ¹ sn Darius I Hystaspes ruled Persia ca. 522–486 b.c.

[5:1]  ² tn Aram “son.” According to Zech 1:1 he was actually the grandson of Iddo.

[5:1]  ³ tn Aram “and Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo the prophet.”

[5:1]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[5:5]  ³ tn Aram “the eye of their God was on.” The idiom describes the attentive care that one exercises in behalf of the object of his concern.

[5:5]  ⁴ tn Aram “they did not stop them.”

[5:5]  ⁵ tn Aram “[could] go.” On this form see F. Rosenthal, Grammar, 58, §169.

[5:13]  ⁴ sn Cyrus was actually a Persian king, but when he conquered Babylon in 539 b.c. he apparently appropriated to himself the additional title “king of Babylon.” The Syriac Peshitta substitutes “Persia” for “Babylon” here, but this is probably a hyper-correction.

[5:15]  ⁵ tn Aram “upon its place.”

[5:16]  ⁶ tn Aram “from then and until now.”

[6:16]  ⁷ tn Aram “sons of.”

[6:16]  ⁸ tn Aram “sons of the exile.”

[6:18]  ⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[6:18]  ⁹ tn Aram “according to the writing of.”

[7:14]  ⁹ tn Aram “sent.”

[7:14]  ¹⁰ tn Aram “in your hand.”

[7:16]  ¹⁰ tn Aram “find.”

[7:18]  ¹¹ tn Aram “brothers.”

[7:20]  ¹² tn Aram “may fall to you to give.”