Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezra 4:24
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Ezra4:24
24 Then ceased the work of the house of God , which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia .
For they neither could nor might proceed in that work against their Kings Prohibition, without a special command from the King of Heaven, which they had ch. 5. 1, 2.
To wit, Darius the Son of Hystaspes, Successor of Cambyses: not, as some would have it, Darius Nothus, the Son of Artaxerxes Longimanus, who was not Emperour till above 100 years after Cyrus, and consequently from the beginning of the building of the Temple to the finishing of it must be about 130 years, which is not credible to any one that considers; 1. That the same Zerubbabel did both lay the Foundations and finish the work, Zech. 4. 9. 2. That some of the same persons who saw the finishing of this second house, had seen the glory of the first house, Hag. 2. 3.
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