¹sn The list of names and numbers in this chapter of Ezra has a parallel account in Neh 7:6-73. The fact that the two lists do not always agree in specific details suggests that various textual errors have crept into the accounts during the transmission process.

²tn Heb “the sons of.”

³tn The Hebrew term <yluh (ha’olim, “those who were going up” [Qal active participle]) refers to continual action in the past. Most translations render this as a simple past: “went up” (KJV), “came up” (RSV, ASV, NASV, NIV), “came” (NRSV). CEV paraphrases: “were on their way back.”

⁴tn Heb “men of the people of Israel.”

⁵tn Heb “the sons of.”

⁶tn Heb “to the sons of.” Cf. v. 40.

⁷tc The MT reads baoy (“Joab”). However, syntax demands the reading baoyw (“and Joab”) which is reflected in the LXX and Syriac.

⁸tc The translation reads ’anse (“the men of”) here rather than the reading bene (“the sons of”) found in the MT. So also in vv. 25, 26, 33.

⁹tc The translation reads ’anse bet (“men of the house of”) here rather than the reading bene (“the sons of”) found in the MT.

¹⁰tc The translation reads ye`arim here rather than the reading `arim of the MT.

¹¹tn Heb “the house of.”

¹²tc Here it is preferable to delete the reading bene (“the sons of”) found in the MT.

¹³tc The translation follows the Qere reading “Shalmai” rather than the MT Kethib “Shamlai.”

¹⁴tn Heb “relate.”

¹⁵tn Heb “the house of their fathers.”

¹⁶tn Heb “their seed.”

¹⁷tc The translation reads umin (“and from”) rather than the reading umibbene (“and from the sons of”) found in the MT.

¹⁸tn Heb “their.”

¹⁹tn Heb “their records were searched for in the genealogical materials, but were not found.” This passive construction has been translated as active for stylistic reasons.

²⁰tn Heb “they were desecrated.”

²¹tn The Hebrew word atcrt (tirsata’) is the title of a Persian governor in Judea (BDB 1077; Holladay 395).

²²tn Heb “stood.”

²³tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

²⁴tn Heb “cause it to stand.”

²⁵tn Heb “according to their strength.”

²⁶tn The meaning of the Hebrew word <ynomKrD (darkemonim, cf. Neh 7:69, 70, 71) is uncertain. It may be a Greek loanword meaning “drachmas” (the view adopted here) or a Persian loanword “daric,” referring to a Persian gold coin (BDB 204; HALOT 1:232). The LXX rendered the term with dracmai. For further study, see R. de Vaux, Institutes of Ancient Israel, 1.315.

²⁷sn The mina (Hebrew <ynm, manim, cf. Neh 7:71, 72) is a measuring weight for valuable metals, equal to 1/60 of a talent or 60 shekels (BDB 584; HALOT 2:599). For further study, see R. de Vaux, Institutes of Ancient Israel, 1.309-15.

²⁸tn Or “garments.”