Then the people hired masons and carpenters and bought cedar logs from the people of Tyre and Sidon, paying them with food, wine, and olive oil. The logs were brought down from the Lebanon mountains and floated along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea to Joppa, for King Cyrus had given permission for this.
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According to the grant - that is, in accordance with the permission granted them by Cyrus to rebuild their temple (Ezra 1:1–4).<…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
They gave money. —Their own workmen were paid in money; the Phoenicians, as in Solomon’s days (1 Kings 5; [Reference 2…
John Gill
JohnGill
They gave money also to the masons, and to the carpenters
To buy stone and timber with for the building of the templ…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
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 …
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes