Ezra 3:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

According to the grant - i. e., in accordance with the permission granted them by Cyrus to rebuild their temple Ezra 1:1-4.

Ezra 3:7

7 They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters;d and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.