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Ezra 5:1
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Restoration of the Temple Resumed

1 Then the prophet aHaggai and bZechariah the son of Iddo, prophets, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them.  
2 So aZerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak rose up and began to build the house of God which is in Jerusalem; and bthe prophets of God were with them, helping them.  
3 At the same time aTattenai the governor of the region beyond1 the River and Shethar-Boznai and their companions came to them and spoke thus to them: b“Who has commanded you to build this2 temple and finish this wall?”  
4 aThen, accordingly, we told them the names of the men who were constructing this building.  
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Ezra 5:1

Haggai and Zechariah stirred up Zerubbabel and Joshua Ezra 5:2; Haggai 1:14, and warned the people against neglecting the building of the temple, in order to give themselves to the beautifying of their own houses (see Haggai 1:4, Haggai 1:9). Zechariah was the son of Berechiah, and grandson of Iddo (see the marginal reference; Matthew 23:35). Compare a similar application of "son" in the case of Jehu (see the II Kings 9:20 note).

In the name of the God of Israel, even unto them - Rather, "in the name of the God of Israel, which was upon them." The two prophets addressed the Jews, in respect of their being God' s people, or, in Hebrew phrase (see the Jeremiah 15:16 margin), "having God' s name called upon them."




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Ezra 5:1:

Haggai 2:18
Zechariah 1:1

 

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