Ezra 2:62
2:62 They 1 searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but did not find them. 2 They were therefore excluded 3 from the priesthood.
Ezra 5:13
5:13 But in the first year of King Cyrus of Babylon, 4 King Cyrus enacted a decree to rebuild this temple of God.
1 tn Heb “these.”
2 tn Heb “their records were searched for in the genealogical materials, but were not found.” This passive construction has been translated as active for stylistic reasons.
3 tn Heb “they were desecrated.”
4 sn Cyrus was actually a Persian king, but when he conquered Babylon in 539 b.c. he apparently appropriated to himself the additional title “king of Babylon.” The Syriac Peshitta substitutes “Persia” for “Babylon” here, but this is probably a hyper-correction.