Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.
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Gill's Exposition
Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo,.... The grandson of Iddo; for he was the son of Berechiah, Zac 1:1,
prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem,…
Barnes' Notes
Haggai and Zechariah stirred up Zerubbabel and Joshua Ezr 5:2; Hag 1:14, and warned the people against neglecting the building of the temple, in order to give themselves to the beautifying of their…
Adam Clarke
Haggai - and Zechariah - These are the same whose writings we have among the twelve minor prophets.
The son of Iddo - That is, the grandson of Iddo; for Zechariah was the son of Barachiah, the son of…
Some reckon that the building of the temple was suspended for only nine years; I am willing to believe that fifteen years were the utmost. During this time they had an altar and a tabernacle, which no…
Cambridge Bible
Ezr 5:1-2. The Voice of the Prophets and the National Revival
1. Then the prophets R.V. Now the prophets. The beginning of a new paragraph, cf. Ezr 1:1; Ezr 2:1; Ezr 3:8; Ezr 4:1.
Haggai the prophet…