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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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An Echo of Solomon's Temple
Commentators note the significance of starting the work in the second month. This was the same month King Solomon began the original temple (1 Kings 6:1). This intentional timing shows the returned exiles were consciously connecting their new beginning to Israel's sacred history, demonstrating a desire for continuity and legitimate restoration.
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Ezra
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Albert Barnes
On Ezra 3:8
18th Century
Theologian
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
On Ezra 3:8
19th Century
Bishop
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
On Ezra 3:8
17th Century
Pastor
Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God
at Jerusalem
The place w…
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Matthew Henry
On Ezra 3:8–13
17th Century
Minister
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…