Ezr 3:1-2 - Commentary

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Text -- Ezra 3:1-2 (NET)

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The Altar is Rebuilt

3:1 When the seventh month arrived and the Israelites were living in their towns, the people assembled in Jerusalem. 3:2 Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his priestly colleagues and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his colleagues started to build the altar of the God of Israel so they could offer burnt offerings on it as required by the law of Moses the man of God.

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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

· Jerusalem the capital city of Israel,a town; the capital of Israel near the southern border of Benjamin

· Jeshua chief of a division of priests serving in David's sanctuary,a man a Levite assistant to Kore in managing the free will offerings of the temple under King Hezekiah,a chief priest and leader among those who returned from exile with Zerubbabel; son of Jozadak; father of Joiakim,father of Jozabad, a Levite on duty in the time of Ezra,a man whose descendants returned from exile in Babylon,the father of Ezer who helped to repair the wall,a Levite who helped Ezra explain the reading of the law; son of Kadmiel,son of Nun; successor of Moses,son of Azaniah; a Levite leader who signed the covenant to obey God's law,a town of Judah

· Jozadak father of Jeshua the priest in the time of Ezra

· Moses a son of Amram; the Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them The Law of Moses,a Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them the law

· Shealtiel a son of Neri; the father of Zerubbabel; an ancestor of Jesus,son of King Jehoiachin; father of Zerubbabel who was the governor of Judah

· Zerubbabel a son of Shealtiel; the father of Abiud; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Pedaiah (Shealtiel?) son of King Jehoiachin