Ezra 5:1

Tattenai Appeals to Darius

5:1 Then the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son 1  of Iddo 2  prophesied concerning the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem 3  in the name of the God of Israel who was over them.

Ezra 5:5

5:5 But God was watching over 4  the elders of Judah, and they were not stopped 5  until a report could be dispatched 6  to Darius and a letter could be sent back concerning this.

Ezra 7:11

Artaxerxes Gives Official Endorsement to Ezra’s Mission

7:11 What follows 7  is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priestly scribe. 8  Ezra was 9  a scribe in matters pertaining to the commandments of the Lord and his statutes over Israel:

1 tn Aram “son.” According to Zech 1:1 he was actually the grandson of Iddo.

2 tn Aram “and Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo the prophet.”

3 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

4 tn Aram “the eye of their God was on.” The idiom describes the attentive care that one exercises in behalf of the object of his concern.

5 tn Aram “they did not stop them.”

6 tn Aram “[could] go.” On this form see F. Rosenthal, Grammar, 58, §169.

7 tn Heb “this.”

8 tn Heb “the priest, the scribe.” So also in v. 21.

9 tn The words “Ezra was” are not in the Hebrew text but have been added in the translation for clarity.