John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 3:1
And when the seventh month was come ,.... The month Tisri, which answers to part of September and October; or when it "was approaching" F16 ויגע "cum appropinquaret", Piscator. , for before it was actually come some following things were done, the people met, and an altar was built; for on the first day of it sacrifices were offered, Ezra 3:6 , and the children of Israel were in the cities ; their respective cities, settling their domestic affairs: the people gathered... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezra 3:1-7
Here is, I. A general assembly of the returned Israelites at Jerusalem, in the seventh month, Ezra 3:1. We may suppose that they came from Babylon in the spring, and must allow at least four months for the journey, for so long Ezra and his company were in coming, Ezra 7:9. The seventh month therefore soon came, in which many of the feasts of the Lord were to be solemnized; and then they gathered themselves together by agreement among themselves, rather than by the command of authority, to... read more