Ezra 5:7

5:7 The report they sent to him was written as follows: ¹ 

“To King Darius: All greetings! ² 

Ezra 6:2

6:2 A scroll was found in the citadel ³  of Ecbatana which is in the province of Media, and it was inscribed as follows:

“Memorandum:

[5:7]  ¹ tn Aram “and it was written in its midst.”

[5:7]  ² tn Aram “all peace.”

[6:2]  ³ tc The translation reads בִירְתָא (birta’, citadel”) rather than the reading בְּבִירְתָא (bÿvireta’, “in the citadel”) found in the MT. The MT probably experienced dittography here.