KJV ORIGINAL
And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
When some of the family leaders arrived at the LORD's temple site in Jerusalem, they gave generous donations for God's house so it could be rebuilt in its original location.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The writer is describing how the Jewish leaders voluntarily gave money to rebuild God's temple when they returned to Jerusalem.
📚 Historical Context
This occurs around 538-537 BC when the Jewish exiles were returning from Babylon after 70 years of captivity. King Cyrus of Persia had issued a decree allowing the Jews to return and rebuild their temple in Jerusalem. The temple had been destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BC, and now the returning exiles were beginning the massive project of reconstruction.
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