6:1
Zerubbavel appears in the Persian court within the story of the royal guards who debate what is strongest.
6:2
Wine, kingship, women, and truth are compared; the argument for truth prevails because truth does not perish and injustice cannot finally overcome it.
6:3
Zerubbavel uses the king’s promise to seek restoration for Yerushalayim and the House.
6:4
Permission, vessels, resources, and authority for return are linked to the earlier promises concerning restoration after exile.
6:5
This Zerubbavel complex is also absent from some early Recension A witnesses and is retained as an early expansion layer.