Ezr 3:8, 5:16 | ESV | STEP | Now in the second year after their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem , in the second month , Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak made a beginning , together with the rest of their kinsmen , the priests and the Levites and all who had come to Jerusalem from the captivity . They appointed the Levites , from twenty years old and upward , to supervise the work of the house of the Lord .

a ch. 2:2; 4:3

b ch. 2:2; 4:3

c 1 Chr. 23:24

d 1 Chr. 23:4

e[See ver. 14 above]

f ch. 3:8, 10

g[ch. 6:15]

Ezra 3:8

Rebuilding the Temple

8 Now in the second year after their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, ^aZerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and ^bJeshua the son of Jozadak made a beginning, together with the rest of their kinsmen, the priests and the Levites and all who had come to Jerusalem from the captivity. They ^cappointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to ^dsupervise the work of the house of the Lord.

Ezra 5:16

16 Then this ^eSheshbazzar came and ^flaid the foundations of the house of God that is in Jerusalem, and from that time until now it has been in building, and it is ^gnot yet finished.’