Ezra.5.16

Ezra 5:16

KJV

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 hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished.

Tattenai’s Letter to Darius

Cross References

John 2:20

KJV

Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

First Passover—Cleansing the Temple

Ezra 3:8

KJV

¶ Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the Lord.

Temple Restoration Begins

Ezra 3:10

KJV

And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the Lord, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.

Temple Restoration Begins

Ezra 5:14

KJV

And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;

Tattenai’s Letter to Darius

Ezra 5:15

KJV

And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place.

Tattenai’s Letter to Darius

Ezra 6:15

KJV

And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

The Temple Completed

Zechariah 4:9

KJV GOD

The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you.

Ezra 5:16

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 hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished.

Tattenai’s Letter to Darius

Cross References

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

First Passover—Cleansing the Temple

Temple Restoration Begins

Temple Restoration Begins

Tattenai’s Letter to Darius

Tattenai’s Letter to Darius

The Temple Completed

The Vision of the Lampstand and Olive Trees