Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them.
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Gill's Exposition
Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak,.... Whose spirits were stirred up and quickened by the ministry of the prophets, the Lord accompanying it by his Spirit,…
Barnes' Notes
Began to build - i. e., “made a second beginning” - recommenced the uncompleted work. Helping them - By infusing zeal into the people (see Hag 1:12).
Adam Clarke
Then rose up Zerubbabel - Here we find three classes of men joining in the sacred work: Zerubbabel the civil governor; Jeshua the high priest or ecclesiastical governor; and Haggai and Zechariah the…
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
Zerubbabel Jeshua see notes on Ezr 3:1; Ezr 3:8; Ezr 4:3.
began to build The building had been begun in the second year of Cyrus, 537 6 (chap. Ezr 3:8; Ezr 3:10; Ezr 5:16). The work was now…
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