Discovery BoxEzra 4:24--5:1 
Context4:24 So the work on the temple of God in Jerusalem came to a halt. It remained halted until the second year of the reign of King Darius of Persia. 1
5:1 Then the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son 2 of Iddo 3 prophesied concerning the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem 4 in the name of the God of Israel who was over them.
Ezra 5:5
Context5:5 But God was watching over 5 the elders of Judah, and they were not stopped 6 until a report could be dispatched 7 to Darius and a letter could be sent back concerning this.
Ezra 5:13
Context5:13 But in the first year of King Cyrus of Babylon, 8 King Cyrus enacted a decree to rebuild this temple of God.
Ezra 5:15-16
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.” 9 5:16 Then this Sheshbazzar went and laid the foundations of the temple of God in Jerusalem. From that time to the present moment 10 it has been in the process of being rebuilt, although it is not yet finished.’
Ezra 7:15-18
Context7:15 and to bring silver and gold which the king and his advisers have freely contributed to the God of Israel, who resides in Jerusalem, 7:16 along with all the silver and gold that you may collect 11 throughout all the province of Babylon and the contributions of the people and the priests for the temple of their God which is in Jerusalem. 7:17 With this money you should be sure to purchase bulls, rams, and lambs, along with the appropriate 12 meal offerings and libations. You should bring them to the altar of the temple of your God which is in Jerusalem. 7:18 You may do whatever seems appropriate to you and your colleagues 13 with the rest of the silver and the gold, in keeping with the will of your God.
Ezra 7:26
Context7:26 Everyone who does not observe both the law of your God and the law of the king will be completely 14 liable to the appropriate penalty, whether it is death or banishment or confiscation of property or detainment in prison.”
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 8:30
Context8:30 Then the priests and the Levites took charge of 15 the silver, the gold, and the vessels that had been weighed out, to transport them to Jerusalem to the temple of our God.
Ezra 8:36
Context8:36 Then they presented the decrees of the king to the king’s satraps and to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, who gave help to the people and to the temple of God.
Ezra 9:4
Context9:4 Everyone who held the words of the God of Israel in awe 16 gathered around me because of the unfaithful acts of the people of the exile. 17 Devastated, I continued to sit there until the evening offering.
Ezra 9:10
Context9:10 “And now what are we able to say after this, our God? For we have forsaken your commandments
1 sn Darius I Hystaspes ruled Persia ca. 522–486
2 tn Aram “son.” According to Zech 1:1 he was actually the grandson of Iddo.
3 tn Aram “and Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo the prophet.”
4 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
5 tn Aram “the eye of their God was on.” The idiom describes the attentive care that one exercises in behalf of the object of his concern.
6 tn Aram “they did not stop them.”
7 tn Aram “[could] go.” On this form see F. Rosenthal, Grammar, 58, §169.
8 sn Cyrus was actually a Persian king, but when he conquered Babylon in 539
9 tn Aram “upon its place.”
10 tn Aram “from then and until now.”
11 tn Aram “find.”
12 tn Aram “their meal offerings and their libations.”
13 tn Aram “brothers.”
14 tn On the meaning of this word see HALOT 1820-21 s.v. אָסְפַּרְנָא; E. Vogt, Lexicon linguae aramaicae, 14.
15 tn Heb “received.”
16 tn Heb “who trembled at the words of the God of Israel.”
17 tn Heb “the exile”; the words “the people” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.
