Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all those who were come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to have the oversight of the work of the house of Yahweh.
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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…
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