Verses 13-14
THE TEMPLE FINISHED AND DEDICATED, Ezra 6:13-18.
14. Prospered through the prophesying of Haggai… and Zechariah The extant writings of these prophets give evidence that the Jews needed continual prompting and encouraging in their work, for they had been so long in building that many had become fainthearted and discouraged.
The commandment of… God Given by the prophets. Compare Haggai 1:1; Haggai 1:12.
Commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes The mention of Artaxerxes is evidently a prolepsis here, for he can be no other than the Artaxerxes of Ezra 7:1, (compare Ezra 6:12; Ezra 6:21-22,) who is generally allowed to be identical with Artaxerxes Longimanus, the son and successor of Xerxes. But because he so greatly assisted Ezra in matters pertaining to the house of God, (Ezra 7:21-27,) it was quite natural for the compiler of this book, who was doubtless Ezra himself, to mention him in this connexion.
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