Ezra 6:11
Konteks6:11 “I hereby give orders that if anyone changes this directive a beam is to be pulled out from his house and he is to be raised up and impaled 1 on it, and his house is to be reduced 2 to a rubbish heap 3 for this indiscretion. 4
Ezra 7:1
Konteks7:1 Now after these things had happened, during the reign of King Artaxerxes 5 of Persia, Ezra came up from Babylon. 6 Ezra was the son of Seraiah, who was the son of Azariah, who was the son of Hilkiah,
[6:11] 1 sn The practice referred to in v. 11 has been understood in various ways: hanging (cf. 1 Esd 6:32 and KJV); flogging (cf. NEB, NLT); impalement (BDB 1091 s.v. זְקַף; HALOT 1914 s.v. מחא hitpe; cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV). The latter seems the most likely.
[6:11] 3 tn Aram “a dunghill.”
[7:1] 5 sn If the Artaxerxes of Ezra 7:1 is Artaxerxes I Longimanus (ca. 464–423
[7:1] 6 tn The words “came up from Babylon” do not appear in the Hebrew text until v. 6. They have been supplied here for the sake of clarity.