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Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak rose up and began to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them, helping them.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

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; and Haggai and Zechariah the prophets. How glorious it is when we see the civil government joining with the sacerdotal and prophetic for the establishment and extension of true religion!

This site's exposition

the prophets, Haggai the prophet

on Ezra 5:1-2

The stoppage of the chapter before breaks here: the prophets Haggai and Zechariah the son of Iddo prophesy to Judah and Jerusalem, and the work restarts through their preaching before any new royal word arrives. Zerubbabel and Jeshua rise and build again, and the text adds that the prophets of God were with them, helping, preaching and building as one labor. This verse and 6:14 are the narrative anchor for both prophetic books, planted here for their own exposition. Haggai's short book supplies the content behind the bare word prophesied, rebuking a people who paneled their own houses while the Lord's house lay waste.

The words behind it

20 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • בֵּאדַ֡יִן<in> then

    bedayinH116 →57 times

  • קָ֠מוּthey arose

    kamuH6966 →

  • זְרֻבָּבֶ֤לZerubbabel

    zerubavelH2217 →

  • בַּר־[the] son of

    bar-H1247 →19 times

  • שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל֙Shealtiel

    shealtielH7598 →

  • וְיֵשׁ֣וּעַand Jeshua

    veyeshua'H3443 →

  • בַּר־[the] son of

    bar-H1247 →19 times

  • יֽוֹצָדָ֔קJozadak

    yotzadakH3136 →5 times

  • וְשָׁרִ֣יוand they began

    vesharivH8271 →

  • לְמִבְנֵ֔אto build

    lemivne'H1124 →22 times

  • בֵּ֥ית[the] house of

    beitH1005 →44 times

  • אֱלָהָ֖א<the> God

    ʾelaha'H426 →95 times

  • דִּ֣יwhich

    diH1768 →345 times

  • בִירֽוּשְׁלֶ֑ם[is] in Jerusalem

    virushelemH3390 →26 times

  • וְעִמְּה֛וֹןand [were] with them

    veimehonH5974 →22 times

  • נְבִיַּיָּ֥אprophets the

    neviaiya'H5029 →4 times

  • דִֽי־of

    di-H1768 →345 times

  • אֱלָהָ֖א<the> God

    ʾelaha'H426 →95 times

  • מְסָעֲדִ֥יןsupporting

    mesaadinH5583 →

  • לְהֽוֹן׃ פ<obj.> them

    lehon

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Zechariah 4:6So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.33 worksEzra 3:2Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests, along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates, began to build the altar of the God of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God.6 worksEzra 6:14So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.5 worksHaggai 1:12Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the words of the prophet Haggai, because the LORD their God had sent him. So the people feared the LORD.5 worksHaggai 1:14So the LORD stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and began the work on the house of the LORD of Hosts, their God,4 worksHaggai 2:21“Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am about to shake the heavens and the earth:4 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Zechariah 3:1–4Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.3 works1 Chronicles 3:17The descendants of Jeconiah the captive:3 worksEzra 10:18Among the descendants of the priests who had married foreign women were found these descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers:3 worksZechariah 6:11Take silver and gold, make an ornate crown, and set it on the head of the high priest, Joshua son of Jehozadak.2 worksHaggai 2:4–9But now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the LORD. Be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. And be strong, all you people of the land, declares the LORD. Work! For I am with you, declares the LORD of Hosts.2 worksHaggai 2:20–23For the second time that day, the twenty-fourth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to Haggai, saying,2 works2 Corinthians 1:24Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.2 worksEzra 5:16So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundation of the house of God in Jerusalem, and from that time until now it has been under construction, but it has not yet been completed.”2 works1 Chronicles 6:15Jehozadak went into captivity when the LORD sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.2 worksEzra 2:2accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:2 worksNehemiah 12:1Now these are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,2 worksNehemiah 7:7accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Ezra 3:2

    Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests, along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates, began to build the altar of the God of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings on it,…

    it leads to

    • Luke 3:27

      the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,

    • Haggai 1:1

      In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of…

    • Ezra 2:2

      accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:

    • 1 Chronicles 3:17

      The descendants of Jeconiah the captive:

  • Through

    Zechariah 6:11

    Take silver and gold, make an ornate crown, and set it on the head of the high priest, Joshua son of Jehozadak.

    it leads to

    • Zechariah 3:1

      Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.

    • Psalms 21:3

      For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.

    • Song of Solomon 3:11

      Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown his mother bestowed on the day of his wedding— the day of his heart’s rejoicing.

  • Through

    Ezra 6:14

    So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees…

    it leads to

    • Ezra 7:1

      Many years later, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

About Ezra

Ezra Kneels in Prayer, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezra Kneels in Prayer, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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