of Haggai the prophet] Whom God stirred up to assure them, that he would give their work good successe. commandment] Chald. decree. Artaxerxes] Not Artaxerxes mentioned, chap. 4. 7. for he hindered the building of the temple, but another that succeeded Darius, chap. 7. 1. Or else the meaning is, that they builded in the dayes of Cyrus and Darius, and ceased in the dayes of Artaxerxes, as they were commanded, chap. 4. 5, 21. Or, it may be he might give a commandment to build the temple a while before he died, which was not executed till Darius his time who succeeded him, and might confirm this by another decree, which might take effect.