John Gill's Exposition on Ezra 5:16

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem, etc.] Which makes it clear, that by Sheshbazzar is meant Zerubbabel; for he it was that laid the foundation of the temple, or at least by whose order it was laid, (see <380409>Zechariah 4:9) and since that time even until now; from the first of Cyrus to the second of Darius, a space of about eighteen years, and just seventy from the destruction of the temple: hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished; the work going on slowly, not without interruption and intermission, through the enmity of the Samaritans unto them, who had made false representations of them; but these men, Tatnai and those with him, as the Jews gave them a very particular account of things, as above, so they fairly and fully related them in this their letter to the king.

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