Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Great stones - literally, as in the margin; i. e., stones so large that they were rolled along, not carried. Others translate "polished stones."
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Ezra 5:8:
Genesis 1:24-31
Nehemiah 2:10
Daniel 2:5
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