2 Then arose ^uJeshua the son of Jozadak, with his fellow priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel with his kinsmen, and they built the ^valtar of the God of Israel, to offer ^wburnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God.

Priests and Levites

1 These are the priests and the Levites who came up with ^oZerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and ^pJeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

The Command to Rebuild the Temple

1 In the second year of ^aDarius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of ^bHaggai the prophet to ^cZerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to ^dJoshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest: