Ezr 7:7-8 | NET2full | STEP | In the seventh year of King Artaxerxes , Ezra brought up to Jerusalem some of the Israelites and some of the priests , the Levites , the attendants , the gatekeepers , and the temple servants .

‏ Ezra 7:7-8

7 In the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, Ezra brought up ^{▼▼tc The translation reads the Hiphil singular וַיַּעֲל (vayyaʿal, “he [Ezra] brought up”) rather than the Qal plural וַיַּעַלוּ (vayyaʿalu, “they came up”) of the MT.} ^{▼▼tn Heb “he brought”; the referent (Ezra) has been specified in the translation for clarity.} to Jerusalem some of the Israelites and some of the priests, the Levites, the attendants, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants. 8 He entered Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king.