Ezra 4:1
Context4:1 When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin learned that the former exiles 1 were building a temple for the Lord God of Israel,
Ezra 5:13
Context5:13 But in the first year of King Cyrus of Babylon, 2 King Cyrus enacted a decree to rebuild this temple of God.
Ezra 5:15
Context5:15 He said to him, “Take these vessels and go deposit them in the temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt in its proper location.” 3
Ezra 6:10
Context6:10 so that they may be offering incense to the God of heaven and may be praying for the good fortune of the king and his family. 4
Ezra 6:16
Context6:16 The people 5 of Israel – the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles 6 – observed the dedication of this temple of God with joy.
Ezra 6:18
Context6:18 They appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their divisions over the worship of God at Jerusalem, 7 in accord with 8 the book of Moses.
Ezra 7:14-15
Context7:14 You are authorized 9 by the king and his seven advisers to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your possession, 10 7:15 and to bring silver and gold which the king and his advisers have freely contributed to the God of Israel, who resides in Jerusalem,
Ezra 7:18
Context7:18 You may do whatever seems appropriate to you and your colleagues 11 with the rest of the silver and the gold, in keeping with the will of your God.
Ezra 7:20
Context7:20 The rest of the needs for the temple of your God that you may have to supply, 12 you may do so from the royal treasury.
Ezra 10:11
Context10:11 Now give praise to the Lord God of your fathers, and do his will. Separate yourselves from the local residents 13 and from these foreign wives.”
1 tn Heb “the sons of the exile.”
2 sn Cyrus was actually a Persian king, but when he conquered Babylon in 539
3 tn Aram “upon its place.”
4 tn Aram “for the life of the king and his sons.”
5 tn Aram “sons of.”
6 tn Aram “sons of the exile.”
7 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
8 tn Aram “according to the writing of.”
9 tn Aram “sent.”
10 tn Aram “in your hand.”
11 tn Aram “brothers.”
12 tn Aram “may fall to you to give.”
13 tn Heb “the peoples of the land.”