SEcond yeare of Darius the king] Ezra 4:24. and Ezra 5:1. Zac. 1. 1. Who was the sonne of Hystaspis, and the third king of the Persians, as some thinke: called Darius Artaxasta king of Persia, Ezra 6:14. of Babylon, Nehemiah 13:6. He knew that Gods wrath was upon his predecessours for hindering the Temple. In his second the Temple is taken in hand again, and finished in his sixt, Ezr. 6. 15. by Haggai] Heb. by the hand of Haggai. Zerubbabel] Ezra 2:2. Because the building of the Temple began to cease by reason that the people were discouraged by their enemies: and if these two notable men had need to be stirred up and admonished of their duties, what shall we thinke of other governours, whose doings are either against God, or very cold in his cause? sonne of Shealtiel] That is, the nephew: for in proper speech he was the sonne of Pedaiah, 1 Chronicles 3:17-19. governour of Judah] Or, captain. Of the people of the Jews, by the kings of Persia, after their return out of captivitie. See Ezra 1:8. and Ezra 2:63.