Ezra 5:2

5:2 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak began ¹  to rebuild the temple of God in Jerusalem. The prophets of God were with them, supporting them.

Ezra 5:14-16

5:14 Even the gold and silver vessels of the temple of God that Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem and had brought to the palace ²  of Babylon – even those things King Cyrus brought from the palace of Babylon and presented ³  to a man by the name of Sheshbazzar whom he had appointed as governor. 5:15 He said to him, “Take these vessels and go deposit them in the temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt in its proper location.” ⁴  5:16 Then this Sheshbazzar went and laid the foundations of the temple of God in Jerusalem. From that time to the present moment ⁵  it has been in the process of being rebuilt, although it is not yet finished.’

[5:2]  ¹ tn Aram “arose and began.” For stylistic reasons this has been translated as a single concept.

[5:14]  ² tn Or “temple.”

[5:14]  ³ tn Aram “they were given.”

[5:15]  ⁴ tn Aram “upon its place.”

[5:16]  ⁵ tn Aram “from then and until now.”