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Ezra 5:2
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records Zerubbabel and Jeshua rising to resume temple construction in Jerusalem, occurring immediately after Haggai and Zechariah deliver a prophetic address to the Jewish community.
The words — קָ֠מוּ (Ka.mu) = they arose and בֵּ/אדַ֡יִן (be./Da.yin) = then. The text uses these terms to denote a decisive transition from verbal exhortation to physical mobilization.
The thread — This initiative echoes Ezra 3:2, where Jeshua and Zerubbabel first organized the people, and aligns with Ezra 6:14, which notes the elders prospered specifically through the prophesying of Haggai and Zechariah.
Why it lands — The passage requires readers to recognize that authorized physical work follows and responds to divine speech, not the other way around.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 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, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God.
- 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 of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.
- 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.
- Haggai 1:12 Then 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.
- Haggai 2:4 But 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.
- Haggai 2:20 For the second time that day, the twenty-fourth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to Haggai, saying,
- Zechariah 4:6 So 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.
- 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.
- 2 Corinthians 1:24 Not 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.