translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: EZR

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “the sons of.”


text: The Hebrew term הָעֹלִים ( 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.”


text: For location see Map5-B1 ; Map6-F3 ; Map7-E2 ; Map8-F2 ; Map10-B3 ; JP1-F4 ; JP2-F4 ; JP3-F4 ; JP4-F4 .


text: Heb “men of the people of Israel.”


text: The words “was as follows” are not in the Hebrew text but are used in the translation for clarity.


text: Heb “to the sons of.” Cf. v. 40 .


label: NET textual note

text: The MT reads יוֹאָב ( yo ’ av , “Joab”). However, syntax demands the reading וְיוֹאָב ( vÿyo ’ av , “and Joab”) which is reflected in the LXX and Syriac.


text: Heb “to.” So also in vv. 36, 40 .


text: The translation follows the suggestion in BHS and reads אַנְשֵׁי (’ anshe , “the men of”) here rather than the reading בְּנֵי ( bÿne , “the sons of”) found in the MT. So also in vv. 25, 26, 33, 34 .


text: For location see Map5-B1 ; Map7-E2 ; Map8-E2 ; Map10-B4 .


text: The translation follows the suggestion in BHS and reads אַשְׁנֵי בֵּית (’ ashne bet , “men of the house of”) here rather than the reading בְּנֵי ( bÿne , “the sons of”) found in the MT. tn Heb “the men of the house of Azmaveth”; some regard בֵּית ( bet , “house of”) as a part of the place name: NAB, NLT “Beth-azmaveth.”


text: The translation, with the support of many manuscripts, reads יְעָרִים ( yÿ ’ arim ) here rather than the reading עָרִים (’ arim ) of the MT.


text: For location see Map4-G4 ; Map5-C1 ; Map6-E3 ; Map7-D1 ; Map8-G3 .


text: For location see Map5-B2 ; Map6-E1 ; Map7-E1 ; Map8-E3 ; Map10-A2 ; Map11-A1 .


text: Heb “the house of.”


text: Here it is preferable to delete the reading בְּנֵי ( bÿne , “the sons of”) found in the MT.


text: The translation follows the Qere reading “Shalmai” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NLT) rather than the MT Kethib “Shamlai” (so ASV, NAB, NRSV).


text: Heb “relate.”


text: Heb “the house of their fathers.”


text: Heb “their seed.”


text: The translation reads וּמִן ( umin , “and from”) rather than the reading וּמִבּנֵי ( umibbÿney , “and from the sons of”) found in the MT.


text: Heb “their.”


text: Heb “these.”


text: 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.


text: Heb “they were desecrated.”


text: The Hebrew word תִּרְשָׁתָא ( tirshata ’) is an official title of the Persian governor in Judea, perhaps similar in meaning to “excellency” (BDB 1077 s.v.; HALOT 1798 s.v.; W. L. Holladay, Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon , 395).


text: Heb “to stand.”


text: Heb “besides” or “in addition to.”


text: Heb “the heads of the fathers.”


text: Heb “cause it to stand.”


text: Heb “according to their strength.”


text: The meaning of the Hebrew word דַּרְכְּמוֹנִים ( darkÿmonim , cf. Neh 7:69, 70, 71 ) is uncertain. It may be a Greek loanword meaning “drachmas” (the view adopted here and followed also by NAB, NASB, NIV) or a Persian loanword “daric,” referring to a Persian gold coin (BDB 204 s.v. דַּרְכְּמוֹן ; HALOT 232 s.v. נִים ( וֹ ) דַּרְכְּמֹ ; cf. ASV, NRSV). For further study, see R. de Vaux, Ancient Israel , 206-9.


text: Or “garments.”