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 7:9
Context7:9 On the first day of the first month he had determined to make 4 the ascent from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he arrived at Jerusalem, 5 for the good hand of his God was on him.
Ezra 10:18
ContextThose Who Had Taken Foreign Wives
10:18 It was determined 6 that from the descendants of the priests, the following had taken foreign wives: from the descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.
1 tn Aram “from me was placed a decree.”
2 tn Aram “and they searched and found.”
3 tn Aram “are being done.”
4 tc The translation reads יִסַּד (yissad, “he appointed” [= determined]) rather than the reading יְסֻד (yÿsud, “foundation”) of the MT. (The words “to make” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.)
5 sn Apparently it took the caravan almost four months to make the five hundred mile journey.
6 tn Heb “found.”
