Ezra 5:17

5:17 “Now if the king is so inclined, ¹  let a search be conducted in the royal archives ²  there in Babylon in order to determine whether King Cyrus did in fact issue orders for this temple of God to be rebuilt in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us a decision concerning this matter.”

Ezra 8:22

8:22 I was embarrassed to request soldiers and horsemen from the king to protect us from the enemy ³  along the way, because we had said to the king, “The good hand of our God is on everyone who is seeking him, but his great anger ⁴  is against everyone who forsakes him.”

[5:17]  ¹ tn Aram “if upon the king it is good.”

[5:17]  ² tn Aram “the house of the treasures of the king.”

[8:22]  ³ tn A number of modern translations regard this as a collective singular and translate “from enemies” (also in v. 31).

[8:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “his strength and his anger.” The expression is a hendiadys (one concept expressed through two terms).