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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.  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Ezra 5:1

ZERUBBABEL AND JESHUA SET FORWARD THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE IN THE REIGN OF DARIUS. (Ezra 5:1-17)

Then the prophets . . . prophesied . . . in the name of the God of Israel—From the recorded writings of Haggai and Zechariah, it appears that the difficulties experienced and the many obstacles thrown in the way had first cooled the zeal of the Jews in the building of the temple, and then led to an abandonment of the work, under a pretended belief that the time for rebuilding it had not yet come (Haggai 1:2-11). For fifteen years the work was completely suspended. These two prophets upbraided them with severe reproaches for their sloth, negligence, and worldly selfishness (Haggai 1:4), threatened them with severe judgments if they continued backward, and promised that they would be blessed with great national prosperity if they resumed and prosecuted the work with alacrity and vigor.

Zechariah the son of Iddo—that is, grandson (Zechariah 1:1).




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ezra 5:1:

Haggai 2:5
Zechariah 8:9-13

 

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