Discovery BoxEzra 4:19 
Context4:19 So I gave orders, 1 and it was determined 2 that this city from long ago has been engaging in insurrection against kings. It has continually engaged in 3 rebellion and revolt.
Ezra 5:16
Context5:16 Then this Sheshbazzar went and laid the foundations of the temple of God in Jerusalem. From that time to the present moment 4 it has been in the process of being rebuilt, although it is not yet finished.’
Ezra 8:30
Context8:30 Then the priests and the Levites took charge of 5 the silver, the gold, and the vessels that had been weighed out, to transport them to Jerusalem to the temple of our God.
Ezra 10:2
Context10:2 Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, from the descendants of Elam, 6 addressed Ezra:
“We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying 7 foreign women from the local peoples. 8 Nonetheless, there is still hope for Israel in this regard. 9
1 tn Aram “from me was placed a decree.”
2 tn Aram “and they searched and found.”
3 tn Aram “are being done.”
4 tn Aram “from then and until now.”
5 tn Heb “received.”
6 tc The translation reads with the Qere, many medieval Hebrew
7 tn Heb “in that we have given a dwelling to.” So also in vv. 14, 17, 18.
8 tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.”
9 tn Heb “upon this.”
