Ezra 3:1-13
THE REFOUNDING OF THE TEMPLE 1. The seventh month] i.e. Sept.-Oct. of (probably) 537 b.c.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE REFOUNDING OF THE TEMPLE 1. The seventh month] i.e. Sept.-Oct. of (probably) 537 b.c.... [ Continue Reading ]
JESHUA] called in Haggai 1:1; 'Joshua.' His father Jozadak had been carried into exile by Nebuchadnezzar (1 Chronicles 6:15). SON OF SHEALTIEL] In 1 Chronicles 3:19; Zerubbabel is called the son of Pedaiah, the brother of Shealtiel (Salathiel). The discrepancy may be explained by the suppositions (_... [ Continue Reading ]
FEAR] i.e. of interruption from the enemy.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES] This began on the 15th day of the 7th month, and lasted 7 days, followed by a solemn assembly on the 8th day: Numbers 29:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
BOTH OF] better, 'and the offerings of,: see Numbers 28:29.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND MEAT AND DRINK, etc] cp. 1 Kings 5:6 regarding Solomon's Temple. TO THE SEA OF JOPPA] RV 'to the sea, unto Joppa': cp. 2 Chronicles 2:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE SECOND YEAR] probably 536 b.c. The second month would correspond to April-May.... [ Continue Reading ]
JESHUA] not the 'JESHUA' of Ezra 3:8 (who was high priest), but a Levite (Ezra 2:40).... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ORDINANCE OF DAVID] This is set forth in 1 Chronicles 25:1; 1 Chronicles 16:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
TOGETHER] RV 'one to another': i. e. antiphonally.... [ Continue Reading ]
WEPT] Though the younger among the people were filled with hope, now that the house of the Lord was once more established in their midst, the older, who could remember the earlier Temple, destroyed about 50 years before, wept at the contrast to it which was presented by the meanness of the new build... [ Continue Reading ]