Now in the second month of the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, began work and appointed the Levites from twenty years old and above to oversee the work of the house of the Lord.
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To the house of God - that is, to the place where the house of God had been, and where God was believed still to have His special dwelling.…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
In the second year. —The second year of Cyrus, B.C. 537, was their second year in the holy place.
In the second month. —Zi…
John Gill
JohnGill
Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God
at Jerusalem
The place w…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
There was a remarkable mixture of emotions when the foundation of the temple was laid. Those who only knew the misery of having no temple at all pr…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes