5:11 They responded to us in the following way: ‘We are servants of the God of heaven and earth. We are rebuilding the temple which was previously built many years ago. A great king 1 of Israel built it and completed it.
Ezra 6:5
6:5 Furthermore let the gold and silver vessels of the temple of God, which Nebuchadnezzar brought from the temple in Jerusalem and carried to Babylon, be returned and brought to their proper place in the temple in Jerusalem. Let them be deposited in the temple of God.’
Ezra 6:21
6:21 The Israelites who were returning from the exile ate it, along with all those who had joined them 2 in separating themselves from the uncleanness of the nations of the land to seek the Lord God of Israel.
1 sn This great king of Israel would, of course, be Solomon.
2 tnHeb “who had separated from the uncleanness of the nations of the land to them.”