Hag 2:3 | TNotes | STEP | 2:3 The former splendor belonged to Solomon’s Temple (1 Kgs 6:38 ), which some of the older people of Judah had seen in their youth before going into exile in Babylon. They wept when they saw the new foundation laid (Ezra 3:12-13 ), because it seemed like nothing at all by comparison.

b1 Kgs 6:38►

cEzra 3:12-13►

‏ Haggai 2:3

2:3 ^a The former splendor belonged to Solomon’s Temple (1 Kgs 6:38 ^b), which some of the older people of Judah had seen in their youth before going into exile in Babylon. They wept when they saw the new foundation laid (Ezra 3:12-13 ^c), because it seemed like nothing at all by comparison.