Ezra 4:14
4:14 In light of the fact that we are loyal to the king, 1 and since it does not seem appropriate to us that the king should sustain damage, 2 we are sending the king this information 3
Ezra 7:26
7:26 Everyone who does not observe both the law of your God and the law of the king will be completely 4 liable to the appropriate penalty, whether it is death or banishment or confiscation of property or detainment in prison.”
1 tn Aram “we eat the salt of the palace.”
2 tn Aram “the dishonor of the king is not fitting for us to see.”
3 tn Aram “and we have made known.”
4 tn On the meaning of this word see HALOT 1820-21 s.v. אָסְפַּרְנָא; E. Vogt, Lexicon linguae aramaicae, 14.