Ezra 5:16
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Then came this same Sassabasar, and laid the foundations of the temple of God in Jerusalem, and from that time until now it is in building, and is not yet finished.

Sheshbazzar

Ezra 5:14 And the vessels also of gold and silver of the temple of God, which Nabuchodonosor had taken out of the temple, that was in Jerusalem, and had brought them to the temple of Babylon, king Cyrus brought out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered to one Sassabasar, whom also he appointed governor,

laid

Ezra 5:2 Then rose up Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Josue the son of Josedec, and began to build the temple of God in Jerusalem, and with them were the prophets of God helping them.

Ezra 3:8,10 And in the second year of their coming to the temple of God in Jerusalem, the second month, Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Josue the son of Josedec, and the rest of their brethren the priests, and the Levites, and all that were come from the captivity to Jerusalem began, and they appointed Levites from twenty years old and upward, to hasten forward the work of the Lord. . . .

Haggai 1:12-14 Then Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, and all the remnant of the people hearkened to the voice of the Lord their God, and to the words of Haggai the prophet, as the Lord their God sent him to them: and the people feared before the Lord. . . .

Haggai 2:18 Set your hearts from this day, and henceforward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month: from the day that the foundations of the temple of the Lord were laid, and lay it up in your hearts.

Zechariah 4:10 For who hath despised little days? and they shall rejoice, and shall see the tin plummet in the hand of Zorobabel. These are the seven eyes of the Lord, that run to and fro through the whole earth.

A.

3468-3485. B.C.

536-519. it is not finished

Ezra 6:15 And they were finishing this house of God, until the third day of the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of king Darius.

Context
Tattenai's Letter to Darius
15And said to him: Take these vessels, and go, and put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be built in its place. 16Then came this same Sassabasar, and laid the foundations of the temple of God in Jerusalem, and from that time until now it is in building, and is not yet finished.17Now therefore if it seem good to the king, let him search in the king's library, which is in Babylon, whether it hath been decreed by Cyrus the king, that the house of God in Jerusalem should be built, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.…
Cross References
John 2:20
The Jews then said: Six and forty years was this temple in building; and wilt thou raise it up in three days?

Ezra 3:8
And in the second year of their coming to the temple of God in Jerusalem, the second month, Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Josue the son of Josedec, and the rest of their brethren the priests, and the Levites, and all that were come from the captivity to Jerusalem began, and they appointed Levites from twenty years old and upward, to hasten forward the work of the Lord.

Ezra 3:10
And when the masons laid the foundations of the temple of the Lord, the priests stood in their ornaments with trumpets: and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise God by the hands of David king of Israel.

Ezra 5:14
And the vessels also of gold and silver of the temple of God, which Nabuchodonosor had taken out of the temple, that was in Jerusalem, and had brought them to the temple of Babylon, king Cyrus brought out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered to one Sassabasar, whom also he appointed governor,

Ezra 5:15
And said to him: Take these vessels, and go, and put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be built in its place.

Ezra 6:15
And they were finishing this house of God, until the third day of the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of king Darius.

Zechariah 4:9
The hands of Zorobabel have laid the foundations of this house, and his hands shall finish it: and you shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me to you.

Lexicon
So
אֱדַ֙יִן֙ (’ĕ·ḏa·yin)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 116: Then, thereupon

this
דֵּ֔ךְ (dêḵ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1791: This

Sheshbazzar
שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּ֣ר (šê·šə·baṣ·ṣar)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8340: Sheshbazzar -- a prince of Judah

came
אֲתָ֗א (’ă·ṯā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 858: To arrive

and laid
יְהַ֧ב (yə·haḇ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3052: To give, to put, imperatively, come

the foundation
אֻשַּׁיָּ֛א (’uš·šay·yā)
Noun - masculine plural determinate
Strong's Hebrew 787: A foundation

of
דִּי־ (dî-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 1768: Who, which, that, because

the house
בֵ֥ית (ḇêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1005: A house

of God
אֱלָהָ֖א (’ĕ·lā·hā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 426: God

in Jerusalem,
בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם (ḇî·rū·šə·lem)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3390: Jerusalem -- the capital city of all Israel

and from
וּמִן־ (ū·min-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4481: From, out of, by, by reason of, at, more than

that time
אֱדַ֧יִן (’ĕ·ḏa·yin)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 116: Then, thereupon

until
וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5705: Even to, until

now
כְּעַ֛ן (kə·‘an)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3705: Now

it has been under construction,
מִתְבְּנֵ֖א (miṯ·bə·nê)
Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1124: To build

but is not
וְלָ֥א (wə·lā)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3809: Not, no

yet completed.”
שְׁלִֽם׃ (šə·lim)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8000: To complete, to restore


Additional Translations
So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundation of the house of God in Jerusalem, and from that time until now it has been under construction, but is not yet completed.”Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now has it been in building, and yet it is not finished.

Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundations of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not completed.

Then that Sabanazar came, and laid the foundations of the house of God in Jerusalem: and from that time even until now it has been building, and has not been finished.

Then came the same Sheshbazzar, [and] laid the foundation of the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and since that time even until now has it been in building, and it is not completed.

Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundations of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not completed.

Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished.

Then the same Sheshbazzar came, and laid the foundations of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now has it been in building, and yet it is not completed.

Then hath this Sheshbazzar come -- he hath laid the foundations of the house of God that is in Jerusalem, and from thence even till now it hath been building, and is not finished.
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