Ezra 2:68

some of the chief of the fathers R.V. some of the heads of fathers" houses, see note on Ezra 1:5.

when they came to the house of the Lord whichis at Jerusalem i.e. on their arrival at Jerusalem, where they were to rebuild the Temple. -The house of the Lord", the site and the building are identified by the writer; if still in ruins, the house was about to be rebuilt, cf. Ezra 1:4-5; Ezra 3:8-9. In the writer's mind -the house of the Lord" is always standing at Jerusalem.

offered freely R.V. offered Willingly. There was no reason for the A.V. to alter the rendering given in Ezra 1:6. The freewill offering was offered willingly (see Ezra 3:5); the adverb -freely" introduces an ambiguity.

to set it up lit. -to cause it to stand" = to restore; the expression recurs chap. Ezra 9:9.