Ezra 5:4

5:4 They also asked them, “What are the names of the men who are building this edifice?”

Ezra 5:7

5:7 The report they sent to him was written as follows:

“To King Darius: All greetings!


tc The translation reads with one medieval Hebrew MS, the LXX, and the Syriac Peshitta אֲמַרוּ (’amaru, “they said”) rather than the reading אֲמַרְנָא (’amarna’, “we said”) of the MT.

tn Aram “and it was written in its midst.”

tn Aram “all peace.”