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 7:7
Konteks7:7 In the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, Ezra brought 4 up to Jerusalem 5 some of the Israelites and some of the priests, the Levites, the attendants, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants.
Ezra 7:16
Konteks7:16 along with all the silver and gold that you may collect 6 throughout all the province of Babylon and the contributions of the people and the priests for the temple of their God which is in Jerusalem.
[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.
[7:7] 4 tc The translation reads the Hiphil singular וַיַּעֲל (vayya’al, “he [Ezra] brought up”) rather than the Qal plural וַיַּעַלוּ (vayya’alu, “they came up”) of the MT.
[7:7] tn Heb “he brought”; the referent (Ezra) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[7:7] 5 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.