DiscipleDeck
Get started
Bible Commentary

Ezra 3:12

Ezra 3:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

Recommended reading

More for Ezra 3:12

Continue with other commentaries and DiscipleDeck content connected to this verse, chapter, or topic.

Other commentaries

Ezra 3 — OverviewEzra 3 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn the close of the foregoing chapter we left Israel in their cities, but we may well imagine what a bad posture their affairs were in, the ground untilled, the cities in ruins, all out of order; but here we…Ezra 3 — OverviewEzra 3 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeEzra 3:1, The altar is set up; Ezra 3:4, Offerings renewed; Ezra 3:7, Workmen employed in preparing materials; Ezra 3:8, The foundations of the temple are laid in great joy and mourning.Ezra 3 — OverviewEzra 3 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter relates how that the people of Israel returned from captivity, gathered to Jerusalem, and set up the altar, where sacrifices were offered, Ezr 3:1, and kept the feast of tabernacles, and offered the…Ezra 3:7-13Ezra 3:7-13 · The Pulpit CommentaryThought, work, and feeling. We have in this passage— I. A TRUE THOUGHT (Ezra 3:8). "Now in the second year of their coming," etc. We can easily imagine any orator among the company of the returned Jews making out a…Ezra 3:7-13Ezra 3:7-13 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe founding of the temple. The worship of Israel during the first year of the restoration from Babylon was such as could be conducted around an altar in the open. The people naturally felt how imperfectly they could…Ezra 3:8-13Ezra 3:8-13 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThere was no dispute among the returned Jews whether they should build the temple or no; that was immediately resolved on, and that it should be done with all speed; what comfort could they take in their own land…