_THEN THE PROPHETS, HAGGAI THE PROPHET, AND ZECHARIAH THE SON OF IDDO, PROPHESIED UNTO THE JEWS THAT WERE IN JUDAH AND JERUSALEM IN THE NAME OF THE GOD OF ISRAEL, EVEN UNTO THEM._ Then the prophets ... prophesied ... in the name of the God of Israel. From the recorded writings of Haggai and Zechari... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN ROSE UP ZERUBBABEL THE SON OF SHEALTIEL, AND JESHUA THE SON OF JOZADAK, AND BEGAN TO BUILD THE HOUSE OF GOD WHICH IS AT JERUSALEM: AND WITH THEM WERE THE PROPHETS OF GOD HELPING THEM._ Then rose up Zerubbabel ... and Jeshua ... and began to build the house of God. The strong appeals and anima... [ Continue Reading ]
_AT THE SAME TIME CAME TO THEM TATNAI, GOVERNOR ON THIS SIDE THE RIVER, AND SHETHAR-BOZNAI, AND THEIR COMPANIONS, AND SAID THUS UNTO THEM, WHO HATH COMMANDED YOU TO BUILD THIS HOUSE, AND TO MAKE UP THIS WALL?_ At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river. The Persian empire... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SAID WE UNTO THEM AFTER THIS MANNER, WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF THE MEN THAT MAKE THIS BUILDING?_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT THE EYE OF THEIR GOD WAS UPON THE ELDERS OF THE JEWS, THAT THEY COULD NOT CAUSE THEM TO CEASE, TILL THE MATTER CAME TO DARIUS: AND THEN THEY RETURNED ANSWER BY LETTER CONCERNING THIS MATTER._ But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews ... The unusual presence, the imposing suite,... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE COPY OF THE LETTER THAT TATNAI, GOVERNOR ON THIS SIDE THE RIVER, AND SHETHAR-BOZNAI, AND HIS COMPANIONS THE APHARSACHITES, WHICH WERE ON THIS SIDE THE RIVER, SENT UNTO DARIUS THE KING:_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BE IT KNOWN UNTO THE KING, THAT WE WENT INTO THE PROVINCE OF JUDEA, TO THE HOUSE OF THE GREAT GOD, WHICH IS BUILDED WITH GREAT STONES, AND TIMBER IS LAID IN THE WALLS, AND THIS WORK GOETH FAST ON, AND PROSPERETH IN THEIR HANDS._ The house of the great God ... builded with great stones х_ 'EBEN_ (H... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN ASKED WE THOSE ELDERS, AND SAID UNTO THEM THUS, WHO COMMANDED YOU TO BUILD THIS HOUSE, AND TO MAKE UP THESE WALLS?_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT IN THE FIRST YEAR OF CYRUS THE KING OF BABYLON THE SAME KING CYRUS MADE A DECREE TO BUILD THIS HOUSE OF GOD._ In the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon - i:e., the first year in which he began to reign in Babylon. Cyrus styles himself, in his famous proclamation, king of Persia (see the n... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE VESSELS ALSO OF GOLD AND SILVER OF THE HOUSE OF GOD, WHICH NEBUCHADNEZZAR TOOK OUT OF THE TEMPLE THAT WAS IN JERUSALEM, AND BROUGHT THEM INTO THE TEMPLE OF BABYLON, THOSE DID CYRUS THE KING TAKE OUT OF THE TEMPLE OF BABYLON, AND THEY WERE DELIVERED UNTO ONE, WHOSE NAME WAS SHESHBAZZAR, WHOM... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SAID UNTO HIM, TAKE THESE VESSELS, GO, CARRY THEM INTO THE TEMPLE THAT IS IN JERUSALEM, AND LET THE HOUSE OF GOD BE BUILDED IN HIS PLACE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN CAME THE SAME SHESHBAZZAR, AND LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THE HOUSE OF GOD WHICH IS IN JERUSALEM: AND SINCE THAT TIME EVEN UNTIL NOW HATH IT BEEN IN BUILDING, AND YET IT IS NOT FINISHED._ Then came ... Sheshbazzar ... since that time even until now hath it been in building. This was not a part of... [ Continue Reading ]