Ezra 6

I answer, some alleged were before Moses' Law, as that of Abraham and Jacob's commanding his family to put away their idols (Genesis 35:2). And the injunctions in the Old Testament were built upon reasons of immutable equity, as God's glory, the danger of infection, etc., and so…

For 1. The Temple of Solomon was 120 cubits high. The Temple built by Zorobabel was but 60 cubits high (Ezra 6:3). 2. The Temple of Zorobabel was built in the same place where the Temple of Solomon was, that is in Jerusalem, upon mount Moriah.

That for this, their enemies should furnish them with materials, when they were not in a condition to procure any for themselves, and give them money out of the public Exchequer, and timber out of the King's Forest, as we read. And all this they looked upon as the hand of God (E…

But yet God in mercy deferred the beginning of their bondage; whereby the time was much shortened at the beginning. So the time wherein it was foretold that the whole land of Israel should be a desolation and an astonishment, and the land should enjoy her sabbaths, by the Babylo…

Besides this outward opposition, they were moreover greatly discouraged by their own poverty and disability for the carrying on their designed work in any measure, so as to answer the beauty and glory of their former House builded by Solomon. Hence the Elders of the people who h…

§ 17 The second Decree of the Kings of Persia in reference to the Jews was that of Darius made in his second year, when the work of the building of the Temple was carried on through the Prophecy of Haggai and Zechariah. This is the Decree or Commandment mentioned in Ezra 6. gran…

And not only did they account themselves obliged to keep these days holy, which were enjoined by the divine command, but those also which were appointed by human authority; and such were the Feast of Purim, to be kept two days following, in remembrance of their deliverance from…

(Nahum 1:7) The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble, and he knows those that trust in him. (Ezra 6:22) The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him. He has a great inclination to diffuse his benefits.