How could foreign influence have caused the work to cease when Haggai
1:2 blames it on the indifference of the leaders?
PROBLEM: Ezra 4:7-23 records that after the great beginning made by
the people in laying the foundation of the temple, foreign enemies
came up to force the people to stop the rebu... [ Continue Reading ]
How could the rebuilding have begun during the reign of Cyrus when
Ezra 4:24 says it was in the reign of Darius I?
PROBLEM: According to Ezra 3:8-13, the rebuilding of the temple began
under the reign of Cyrus the Great (cf. Ezra 5:16), who reigned in
Persia from about 559 to 530 B.C. However, Ezra... [ Continue Reading ]