So the priests] Tremllius puts this verse in the beginning of the next chapter; and then the end of it may be read thus, That were in their cities: so it suits well with the verse following, and with Ezr. 3. 1. where the same words are found; though he spake there of another meeting before, at the same time of the yeer. the seventh moneth] Which containeth part of September, and part of October. came] Or, drew nigh: For when it came, they were not in their cities, but in Jerusalem, chap. 8. 1.