Discovery BoxEzra 2:63 
Context2:63 The governor 1 instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult 2 the Urim and Thummim.
Ezra 4:22
Context4:22 Exercise appropriate caution so that there is no negligence in this matter. Why should danger increase to the point that kings sustain damage?”
Ezra 6:1
Context6:1 So Darius the king issued orders, and they searched in the archives 3 of the treasury which were deposited there in Babylon.
Ezra 6:6
Context6:6 “Now Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar Bozenai, and their colleagues, the officials of Trans-Euphrates – all of you stay far away from there!
Ezra 8:13
Context8:13 from the descendants of Adonikam there were the latter ones. 4 Their names were Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men;
1 tn The Hebrew word תִּרְשָׁתָא (tirshata’) is an official title of the Persian governor in Judea, perhaps similar in meaning to “excellency” (BDB 1077 s.v.; HALOT 1798 s.v.; W. L. Holladay, Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon, 395).
2 tn Heb “to stand.”
3 tn Aram “the house of the archives.”
4 tn Or “those who came later.” The exact meaning of this Hebrew phrase is uncertain. It may refer to the last remaining members of Adonikam’s family who were in Babylon. So, for example, H. G. M. Williamson, Ezra, Nehemiah (WBC), 108; cf. NASB, NIV, NCV. The phrase has also been taken to mean “the younger sons (so NAB), or the ones who “returned at a later date” (so TEV).
