Discovery BoxEzra 3:7-9 
Context3:7 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. 3:8 In the second year after they had come to the temple of God in Jerusalem, 5 in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak initiated the work, 6 along with the rest of their associates, 7 the priests and the Levites, and all those who were coming to Jerusalem from the exile. They appointed 8 the Levites who were at least twenty years old 9 to take charge of the work on the Lord’s temple. 3:9 So Jeshua appointed both his sons and his relatives, 10 Kadmiel and his sons (the sons of Yehudah 11 ), to take charge of the workers in the temple of God, along with the sons of Henadad, their sons, and their relatives 12 the Levites.
1 tn Heb “silver.”
2 map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.
3 map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.
4 tn Heb “to the sea”
5 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
6 tn Heb “began”; the phrase “the work” is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.
7 tn Heb “their brothers.”
8 tn Heb “stood.”
9 tn Heb “from twenty years and upward.”
10 tn Heb “brothers.”
11 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).
12 tn Heb “brothers.”
