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 7:13
Context7:13 I have now issued a decree 4 that anyone in my kingdom from the people of Israel – even the priests and Levites – who wishes to do so may go up with you to Jerusalem. 5
Ezra 7:21
Context7:21 “I, King Artaxerxes, hereby issue orders to all the treasurers of 6 Trans-Euphrates, that you precisely execute all that Ezra the priestly scribe of the law of the God of heaven may request of you –
Ezra 8:21
Context8:21 I called for a fast there by the Ahava Canal, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and seek from him a safe journey 7 for us, our children, and all our property.
Ezra 8:25
Context8:25 and I weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels intended for the temple of our God – items that the king, his advisers, his officials, and all Israel who were present had contributed.
Ezra 8:28
Context8:28 Then I said to them, “You are holy to the Lord, just as these vessels are holy. The silver and the gold are a voluntary offering to the Lord, the God of your fathers.
Ezra 9:4-5
Context9:4 Everyone who held the words of the God of Israel in awe 8 gathered around me because of the unfaithful acts of the people of the exile. 9 Devastated, I continued to sit there until the evening offering.
9:5 At the time of the evening offering I got up from my self-abasement, 10 with my tunic and robe torn, and then dropped to my knees and spread my hands to the Lord my God.
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 Heb “from me is placed a decree.” So also in v. 21.
5 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
6 tn Aram “who are in.”
7 tn Heb “a straight way.”
8 tn Heb “who trembled at the words of the God of Israel.”
9 tn Heb “the exile”; the words “the people” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.
10 tn The Hebrew word used here is a hapax legomenon. It refers to the self-abasement that accompanies religious sorrow and fasting.
