So (A)Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of [a]Jozadak rose up and began to build the house of God which is in Jerusalem; and (B)the prophets of God were with them, helping them.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 5:2 Jehozadak, 1 Chr. 6:14

Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judea, to the [a]temple of the great God, which is being built with [b]heavy stones, and timber is being laid in the walls; and this work goes on diligently and prospers in their hands.

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  1. Ezra 5:8 Lit. house
  2. Ezra 5:8 Lit. stones of rolling, stones too heavy to be carried

So we built the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.

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