Bible Cross References
And the elders
Ezra 3:8
So in the second month of the year after they came back to the site of the Temple in Jerusalem, they began work. Zerubbabel, Joshua, and the rest of their people, the priests, and the Levites, in fact all the exiles who had come back to Jerusalem, joined in the work. All the Levites twenty years of age or older were put in charge of the work of rebuilding the Temple.
Ezra 4:3
Zerubbabel, Joshua, and the heads of the clans told them, "We don't need your help to build a temple for the LORD our God. We will build it ourselves, just as Emperor Cyrus of Persia commanded us."
through
Ezra 5:1
At that time two prophets, Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo, began to speak in the name of the God of Israel to the Jews who lived in Judah and Jerusalem.
Ezra 5:2
When Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jehozadak heard their messages, they began to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem, and the two prophets helped them.
Haggai 1:12-14
12
Then Zerubbabel and Joshua and all the people who had returned from the exile in Babylonia, did what the LORD their God told them to do. They were afraid and obeyed the prophet Haggai, the LORD's messenger.
13
Then Haggai gave the LORD's message to the people: "I will be with you---that is my promise."
14
The LORD inspired everyone to work on the Temple: Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah; Joshua, the High Priest, and all the people who had returned from the exile. They began working on the Temple of the LORD Almighty, their God,
Haggai 2:2-15
2
He told Haggai to speak to Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, to Joshua, the High Priest, and to the people, and to say to them,
3
"Is there anyone among you who can still remember how splendid the Temple used to be? How does it look to you now? It must seem like nothing at all.
4
But now don't be discouraged, any of you. Do the work, for I am with you.
5
When you came out of Egypt, I promised that I would always be with you. I am still with you, so do not be afraid.
6
"Before long I will shake heaven and earth, land and sea.
7
I will overthrow all the nations, and their treasures will be brought here, and the Temple will be filled with wealth.
8
All the silver and gold of the world is mine.
9
The new Temple will be more splendid than the old one, and there I will give my people prosperity and peace." The LORD Almighty has spoken.
10
On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month of the second year that Darius was emperor, the LORD Almighty spoke again to the prophet Haggai.
11
He said, "Ask the priests for a ruling on this question:
12
Suppose someone takes a piece of consecrated meat from a sacrifice and carries it in a fold of his robe. If he then lets his robe touch any bread, cooked food, wine, olive oil, or any kind of food at all, will it make that food consecrated also?" When the question was asked, the priests answered, "No."
13
Then Haggai asked, "Suppose someone is defiled because he has touched a dead body. If he then touches any of these foods, will that make them defiled too?" The priests answered, "Yes."
14
Then Haggai said, "The LORD says that the same thing applies to the people of this nation and to everything they produce; and so everything they offer on the altar is defiled."
15
The LORD says, "Can't you see what has happened to you? Before you started to rebuild the Temple,
Zechariah 2:1-4
1
In another vision I saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
2
"Where are you going?" I asked. "To measure Jerusalem," he answered, "to see how long and how wide it is."
3
Then I saw the angel who had been speaking to me step forward, and another angel came to meet him.
4
The first one said to the other, "Run and tell that young man with the measuring line that there are going to be so many people and so much livestock in Jerusalem that it will be too big to have walls.
Zechariah 6:1-15
1
I had another vision. This time I saw four chariots coming out from between two bronze mountains.
2
The first chariot was pulled by red horses, the second by black horses,
3
the third by white horses, and the fourth by dappled horses.
4
Then I asked the angel, "Sir, what do these chariots mean?"
5
He answered, "These are the four winds; they have just come from the presence of the Lord of all the earth."
6
The chariot pulled by the black horses was going north to Babylonia, the white horses were going to the west, and the dappled horses were going to the country in the south.
7
As the dappled horses came out, they were impatient to go and inspect the earth. The angel said, "Go and inspect the earth!"---and they did.
8
Then the angel cried out to me, "The horses that went north to Babylonia have quieted the LORD's anger."
9
The LORD gave me this message.
10
He said, "Take the gifts given by the exiles Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, and go at once to the home of Josiah son of Zephaniah. All of them have returned from exile in Babylonia.
11
Make a crown out of the silver and gold they have given, and put it on the head of the High Priest, Joshua son of Jehozadak.
12
Tell him that the LORD Almighty says, 'The man who is called The Branch will flourish where he is and rebuild the LORD's Temple.
13
He is the one who will build it and receive the honor due a king, and he will rule his people. A priest will stand by his throne, and they will work together in peace and harmony.'
14
The crown will be a memorial in the LORD's Temple in honor of Heldai, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and Josiah."
15
Men who live far away will come and help to rebuild the Temple of the LORD. And when it is rebuilt, you will know that the LORD Almighty sent me to you. This will all happen if you fully obey the commands of the LORD your God.
finished it
Zechariah 4:9
He said, "Zerubbabel has laid the foundation of the Temple, and he will finish the building. When this happens, my people will know that it is I who sent you to them.
according
Isaiah 44:28
I say to Cyrus, 'You are the one who will rule for me; you will do what I want you to do: you will order that Jerusalem be rebuilt and that the foundations of the Temple be laid.' "
Haggai 1:8
Now go up into the hills, get lumber, and rebuild the Temple; then I will be pleased and will be worshiped as I should be.
Cyrus
Ezra 6:13
Then Governor Tattenai, Shethar Bozenai, and their fellow officials did exactly as the emperor had commanded.
Ezra 1:1-4
1
In the first year that Cyrus of Persia was emperor, the LORD made what he had said through the prophet Jeremiah come true. He prompted Cyrus to issue the following command and send it out in writing to be read aloud everywhere in his empire:
2
"This is the command of Cyrus, Emperor of Persia. The LORD, the God of Heaven, has made me ruler over the whole world and has given me the responsibility of building a temple for him in Jerusalem in Judah.
3
May God be with all of you who are his people. You are to go to Jerusalem and rebuild the Temple of the LORD, the God of Israel, the God who is worshiped in Jerusalem.
4
If any of his people in exile need help to return, their neighbors are to give them this help. They are to provide them with silver and gold, supplies and pack animals, as well as offerings to present in the Temple of God in Jerusalem."
Ezra 4:24
Work on the Temple had been stopped and had remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Emperor Darius of Persia.
Ezra 5:13
Then in the first year of the reign of King Cyrus as emperor of Babylonia, Cyrus issued orders for the Temple to be rebuilt.
Artaxerxes
Ezra 7:1
Many years later, when Artaxerxes was emperor of Persia, there was a man named Ezra. He traced his ancestors back to Aaron, the High Priest, as follows: Ezra was the son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah,