Discovery BoxEzra 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 5:9
Context5:9 We inquired of those elders, asking them, ‘Who gave you the authority to rebuild this temple and to complete this structure?’
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 6:15-16
Context6:15 They finished this temple on the third day of the month Adar, which is the sixth 4 year of the reign of King Darius.
6:16 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 7:19-20
Context7:19 Deliver to 7 the God of Jerusalem the vessels that are given to you for the service of the temple of your God. 7:20 The rest of the needs for the temple of your God that you may have to supply, 8 you may do so from the royal treasury.
Ezra 8:20
Context8:20 and some of the temple servants that David and his officials had established for the work of the Levites – 220 of them. They were all designated by name.
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 sn The sixth year of the reign of Darius would be ca. 516
5 tn Aram “sons of.”
6 tn Aram “sons of the exile.”
7 tn Or “before.”
8 tn Aram “may fall to you to give.”
