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. ¹ 

Ezra 5:13

5:13 But in the first year of King Cyrus of Babylon, ²  King Cyrus enacted a decree to rebuild this temple of God.

Ezra 6:16

6:16 The people ³  of Israel – the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles ⁴  – observed the dedication of this temple of God with joy.

Ezra 7:19

7:19 Deliver to ⁵  the God of Jerusalem the vessels that are given to you for the service of the temple of your God.

Ezra 8:30

8:30 Then the priests and the Levites took charge of ⁶  the silver, the gold, and the vessels that had been weighed out, to transport them to Jerusalem to the temple of our God.

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

[5:13]  ² 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.

[6:16]  ³ tn Aram “sons of.”

[6:16]  ⁴ tn Aram “sons of the exile.”

[7:19]  ⁵ tn Or “before.”

[8:30]  ⁶ tn Heb “received.”