Ezra 2:2

2:2 They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.

The number of Israelites ¹  was as follows: ² 

Ezra 5:1

Tattenai Appeals to Darius

5:1 Then the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son ³  of Iddo ⁴  prophesied concerning the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem ⁵  in the name of the God of Israel who was over them.

Ezra 5:5

5:5 But God was watching over ⁶  the elders of Judah, and they were not stopped ⁷  until a report could be dispatched ⁸  to Darius and a letter could be sent back concerning this.

Ezra 6:18

6:18 They appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their divisions over the worship of God at Jerusalem, ⁹  in accord with ¹⁰  the book of Moses.

Ezra 8:28

8:28 Then I said to them, “You are holy to the Lord, just as these vessels are holy. The silver and the gold are a voluntary offering to the Lord, the God of your fathers.

[2:2]  ¹ tn Heb “men of the people of Israel.”

[2:2]  ² tn The words “was as follows” are not in the Hebrew text but are used in the translation for clarity.

[5:1]  ³ tn Aram “son.” According to Zech 1:1 he was actually the grandson of Iddo.

[5:1]  ⁴ tn Aram “and Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo the prophet.”

[5:1]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[5:5]  ⁶ tn Aram “the eye of their God was on.” The idiom describes the attentive care that one exercises in behalf of the object of his concern.

[5:5]  ⁷ tn Aram “they did not stop them.”

[5:5]  ⁸ tn Aram “[could] go.” On this form see F. Rosenthal, Grammar, 58, §169.

[6:18]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[6:18]  ¹⁰ tn Aram “according to the writing of.”