Ezra 4:10
Konteks4:10 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 8:20
Konteks8:20 and some of the temple servants that David and his officials had established for the work of the Levites – 220 of them. They were all designated by name.
[4:10] 1 tn Aram “Osnappar” (so ASV, NASB, NRSV), another name for Ashurbanipal.
[4:10] sn Ashurbanipal succeeded his father Esarhaddon as king of Assyria in 669
[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.