According to the grant - that is, in accordance with the permission granted them by Cyrus to rebuild their temple (Ezra 1:1–4).<…

They gave money. —Their own workmen were paid in money; the Phoenicians, as in Solomon’s days (1 Kings 5; [Reference 2…

They gave money also to the masons, and to the carpenters
To buy stone and timber with for the building of the templ…

From the actions of the Jews upon their arrival, let us learn to begin with God and to do what we can in the worship of God when we cannot do what …