Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Ezra 5:2
Began to build - i. e., “made a second beginning” - recommenced the uncompleted work.
Helping them - By infusing zeal into the people (see Haggai 1:12).
Began to build - i. e., “made a second beginning” - recommenced the uncompleted work.
Helping them - By infusing zeal into the people (see Haggai 1:12).
Verse Ezra 5:2. _THEN ROSE UP ZERUBBABEL_] Here we find _three classes_ of men joining in the sacred work: _Zerubbabel_ the _civil_ governor; _Jeshua_ the _high priest_ or _ecclesiastical_ governor;...
CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The prophetic ministry of Haggai and Zechariah (Ezra 5:1)_ 2. The result of their ministry (Ezra 5:2) 3. Tatnai's interference (Ezra 5:3) 4. The letter to Darius ...
EZRA 4:24 TO EZRA 5:17. The narrative which was broken off at the end of Ezra 4:5 is now resumed. There is silence regarding the period 536- 520 B.C.; in 516, however, it is said that the building had...
_Zerubbabel Jeshua_ see notes on Ezra 3:1; Ezra 3:8; Ezra 4:3. _began to build_ The building had been begun in the second year of Cyrus, 537 6 (chap. Ezra 3:8;...
TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT C. The work is resumed by the reign of Darius. 1. The work gets under way. TEXT, EZRA 5:1-5 1 When the prophets, Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo, p...
_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 ros...
BEGAN TO BUILD] It had really been begun sixteen years before (Ezra 3:8.), but the work having been suspended, it had to be recommenced....
THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE RECOMMENCED This chapter gives an account of a renewed attempt to rebuild the Temple, and recites a letter from the Persian officials in Judæa to the Persian court to enqui...
THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM EZRA _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 5 V1 Haggai and Zechariah (a *descendant of Iddo) were *prophets. They spoke messages from the God of Israel to the *Jews who were in Jud...
V. (1-2) Now occurs the intervention of the two prophets, Haggai and Zechariah, whose testimonies and predictions should at this point be read. They reveal a state of apathy which Ezra does not allude...
THEN ROSE UP. — This does not intimate that they had become indifferent. But the voice of prophecy inspirited them to go on without formal permission of Darius, who was known secretly to favour them a...
בֵּ אדַ֡יִן קָ֠מוּ זְרֻבָּבֶ֤ל בַּר ־שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל֙...
THE MISSION OF PROPHECY Ezra 5:1 THE work of building the temple at Jerusalem, which had been but nominally commenced in the reign of Cyrus, when it was suddenly arrested before the death of that kin...
ZECHARIAH THE PROPHET Zechariah 1:1; Ezra 5:1; Ezra 6:14 ZECHARIAH is one of the prophets whose personality as distinguished from their message exerts some degree of fascination on the student. This...
THE MISSION OF HAGGAI AND ZECHARIAH Ezra 5:1 It is necessary to read the books of Haggai and Zechariah to see what difficulties the leaders of the people had to meet, and how much they needed the hel...
A study of the prophecies of Haggai and Zechariah makes it perfectly evident that the cessation of the work of building was unworthy of the men who had commenced. Judged by all human standards they co...
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 (a) helping them. (a...
_Them. Aggeus had rebuked the people for building houses for themselves, while they neglected the temple. The work was hereupon resumed without any fresh order from the king; as the edicts of the usur...
We shall do well to compare the prophecies of Haggai and Zechariah with this part of the history; for both scriptures will mutually explain each other. How beautiful it is when the Lord at any time st...
Whatever happens, they have to go through that which puts faith to the proof; but their path is ordered by the will of God, and their faith relies upon Him. In this case they had to wait; but God's ti...
THEN ROSE UP ZERUBBABEL THE SON OF SHEALTIEL, AND JESHUA THE SON OF JOZADAK,.... Whose spirits were stirred up and quickened by the ministry of the prophets, the Lord accompanying it by his Spirit, Ha...
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. Ver. 2...
_Then rose up Zerubbabel and Jeshua, and began to build the house_ It had been begun to be built long before, but from the first had gone on very slowly, and afterward had been quite intermitted, till...
1 Zerubbabel and Shealtiel, incited by Haggai and Zacharie, set forward the building of the Temple. 3 Tatnai and Shether Boznai could not hinder the Iewes. 6 Their letter to Darius against the Iewes...
Then rose up Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the governor of the returned exiles in Judah, AND JESHUA, THE SON OF JOZADAK, the high priest, AND BEGAN TO BUILD THE HOUSE OF GOD WHICH IS AT JERUSALEM;...
THE ZEAL OF THE PEOPLE AROUSED...
WORK RESUMED AND OPPOSITION RESUMED (vv. 1-5) The initiative for resuming the work had come from the Lord who moved the prophets Haggai and Zechariah to speak in His name to the Jews in Judah and Je...
1,2 The building of the temple was stopped about fifteen years. Then they had two good ministers, who urged them to go on with the work. It is a sign that God has mercy in store for a people, when he...
Encouraging the people to work by their presence, and assurance of success....
Ezra 5:2 So H116 Zerubbabel H2217 son H1247 Shealtiel H7598 Jeshua H3443 son H1247 Jozadak H3136 up H6966 ...
CONTENTS: Encouragement of the prophets and the work resumed. CHARACTERS: Zerubbabel, Haggai, Zechariah, Jeshua, Tattenai, Darius, Shethar-bozenai. CONCLUSION: It is a sign that God has mercy in sto...
Ezra 5:4. _Then said we._ Septuagint: “Then said they unto them.” Ezra 5:16. _Since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished._ The chronology of the Persian empire...
EZRA 5:1 The Work Is Resumed, and Local Officials Seek Confirmation of Cyrus’s Decree. After a period of inactivity, the leaders resume work on rebuilding the temple, and provincial officials inquire...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] i. The work resumed through the preaching of Haggai and Zechariah, the prophets (Ezra 5:1). ii. The workers interrogated by the Persian authorities west of the Euphrat...
EXPOSITION RECOMMENCEMENT OF THE BUILDING IN THE SECOND YEAR OF DARIUS. PREACHING OF HAGGAI AND ZECHARIAH (Ezra 5:1 :l, 2). It appears from
So it tells us here in chapter five, The prophet Haggai, and the prophet Zechariah, they prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel. Then rose up Zerub...
2 Corinthians 1:24; Ezra 3:2; Ezra 6:14; Haggai 1:12; Haggai 2:20;...
Helping — Encouraging the people to work by their presence, and assurance of success. It is supposed, the work had stopt about fifteen years. The first chapter of Haggai is the best comment on these t...