Then. — And.
Every man. — All the men (collective).
In the forefront of them. — At their head. LXX., ἡγούμενος αὐτῶν.
To go again... with joy. — They returned, as they came, in festal procession.
The Lord had made them to rejoice. — See the same phrase, Ezra 6:22; Nehemiah 12:43. (Comp. Psalms 30:2.) LXX., well, ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ μεγάλῃ, ὅτι εὔφρανεν αὐτοὺς κύριος�.