Ezra 4:21

4:21 Now give orders that these men cease their work and that this city not be rebuilt until such time as I so instruct. ¹ 

Ezra 4:24

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. ² 

Ezra 5:13

5:13 But in the first year of King Cyrus of Babylon, ³  King Cyrus enacted a decree to rebuild this temple of God.

Ezra 10:19

10:19 (They gave their word ⁴  to send away their wives; their guilt offering was a ram from the flock for their guilt.)

[4:21]  ¹ tn Aram “until a command is issued from me.”

[4:24]  ² sn Darius I Hystaspes ruled Persia ca. 522–486 b.c.

[5:13]  ³ 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.

[10:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “hand.”