All these had married foreign women, and some of them had children by these wives.Footnotes for the Book of Ezraa 25 See Septuagint (see also Neh. 7:29); Hebrew Kiriath Arim.b 69 That is, about 500 kilogramsc 69 That is, about 2.8 metric tonsa 4 Or and troubled them as they built.b 6 Hebrew Ahasuerusc 7 Or written in Aramaic and translatedd 7 The text of 4:8 – 6:18 is in Aramaic.e 13 The meaning of the Aramaic for this clause is uncertain.a 3 That is, about 27 metresb 17 Or purification offeringa 5 Some Septuagint manuscripts (also 1 Esdras 8:32); Hebrew does not have Zattu.b 10 Some Septuagint manuscripts (also 1 Esdras 8:36); Hebrew does not have Bani.c 26 That is, about 22 metric tonsd 26 That is, about 3.4 metric tonse 27 That is, about 8.4 kilogramsf 35 Or purification offeringa 11 Or Now make confession tob 37,38 See Septuagint (also 1 Esdras 9:34); Hebrew Jaasu 38and Bani and Binnui,c 44 Or and they sent them away with their children