So 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." Cross References John 2:20 "This temple took forty-six years to build," the Jews replied, "and You are going to raise it up in three days?" Ezra 3:8 In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD. Ezra 3:10 When the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise the LORD, as David king of Israel had prescribed. Ezra 5:14 He also removed from the temple of Babylon the gold and silver articles belonging to the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken and carried there from the temple in Jerusalem. King Cyrus gave these articles to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom he appointed governor Ezra 5:15 and instructed, 'Take these articles, put them in the temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt on its original site.' Ezra 6:15 And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius. Zechariah 4:9 "The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will complete it. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent me to you. Treasury of Scripture Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now has it been in building, and yet it is not finished. Sheshbazzar Ezra 5:14 laid Ezra 5:2 Ezra 3:8,10 Haggai 1:12-14 A. Ezra 6:15 |