Ezra 3:8
Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the Lord.
Cross-reference
In Ezra 3:2, Jeshua and Zerubbabel built the altar; here they initiate temple rebuilding. Same leaders, same event.
Ezra 2:2 names the returning leaders; same leaders (Zerubbabel, Jeshua) appear in 3:8 overseeing the temple start.
Ezra 6:14 describes temple completion under Darius; here the rebuilding begins. Bookends of the same project.
Ezra 5:16 credits Sheshbazzar with laying temple foundation; Ezra 3:8 attributes start to Zerubbabel — different accounts of same project.
1 Chronicles 23:24-32 establishes age 20 for Levite temple service; Ezra 3:8 applies that same regulation.
1 Chronicles 3:17 lists Jeconiah's line leading to Zerubbabel; Ezra 3:8 shows Zerubbabel leading the work.
Nehemiah 7:7 lists returning leaders; same list as Ezra 2:2 and the leaders in Ezra 3:8.
In Nehemiah 12:1, the same list of priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel and Jeshua confirms their leadership in the temple work.
In Haggai 1:1, the same leaders Zerubbabel and Jeshua are addressed by God to resume temple work, echoing the earlier start in Ezra 3:8.
In Zechariah 4:9, the prophecy states Zerubbabel laid the foundation and will complete it—directly linking to the work begun in Ezra 3:8.
In Jeremiah 30:3, God promises to bring the exiles back—a prophecy fulfilled when Zerubbabel and others began rebuilding the temple in Ezra 3:8.
1 Kings 6:38 records Solomon's temple completion; here the second temple construction begins, echoing the first.