Ezra 3:7

Preparations for Rebuilding the Temple

3:7 So they provided money ¹  for the masons and carpenters, and food, beverages, and olive oil for the people of Sidon ²  and Tyre, ³  so that they would bring cedar timber from Lebanon to the seaport ⁴  at Joppa, in accord with the edict of King Cyrus of Persia.

Ezra 3:10

3:10 When the builders established the Lord’s temple, the priests, ceremonially attired and with their clarions, ⁵  and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with their cymbals, stood to praise the Lord according to the instructions left by ⁶  King David of Israel. ⁷ 

Ezra 3:9

3:9 So Jeshua appointed both his sons and his relatives, ⁸  Kadmiel and his sons (the sons of Yehudah ⁹ ), to take charge of the workers in the temple of God, along with the sons of Henadad, their sons, and their relatives ¹⁰  the Levites.

[3:7]  ¹ tn Heb “silver.”

[3:7]  ² map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[3:7]  ³ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[3:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “to the sea”

[3:10]  ⁵ sn This was a long, straight, metallic instrument used for signal calls, rather than the traditional ram’s horn (both instruments are typically translated “trumpet” by English versions).

[3:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “according to the hands of.”

[3:10]  ⁷ sn See Ps 107:1; 118:1, 29; 136:1. Cf. 2 Chr 5:13; 7:3; 20:21.

[3:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “brothers.”

[3:9]  ⁹ sn The name יְהוּדָה (Yehudah; cf. KJV, ASV, NASB “Judah”) is probably a variant of Hodaviah (see Ezra 2:40; cf. NIV, NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).

[3:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “brothers.”