Ezra 5
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Ezra 5:1-3

1Later, the prophetsH5029 HaggaiH2292 and ZechariahH2148 sonH1247 of IddoH5714 prophesiedH5013 toH5922 the JewsH3062 in JudahH3061 and JerusalemH3390 in the nameH8036 of the GodH426 of IsraelH3479, who was over themH5922. 2ThenH116 ZerubbabelH2217 sonH1247 of ShealtielH7598 and JeshuaH3443 sonH1247 of JozadakH31361 rose upH6966 and beganH8271 to rebuildH1124 the houseH1005 of GodH426 in JerusalemH3390. And the prophetsH5029H1768 ofH1768 GodH426 were with themH5974, helpingH5583 them.

3At that timeH2166 TattenaiH8674 the governorH6347 of the region westH5675 of the EuphratesH5103,2 Shethar-bozenaiH8370, and their associatesH3675H3652 wentH858 toH5922 the Jews and askedH560, “WhoH4479 authorized youH7761 to rebuildH1124 thisH1836 templeH1005 and restoreH3635 thisH1836 structureH846?”

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Notes

  1. 1. Ezra 5:2 Jozadak is a variant of Jehozadak; see 1 Chronicles 6:14. ↩
  2. 2. Ezra 5:3 Aramaic the governor beyond the River; also in verse 6 ↩

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