13 ¶ Then Tattenai the Captain beyond the River, and Shethar-Boznai and their companions, according to that which Darius had sent, so they did speedily.

14 So the elders of the Jews built, and they prospered by the prophesying of [a]Haggai the Prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, and they built and finished it, by the appointment of the God of Israel, and by the commandment of Cyrus and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

15 And this house was finished the third day of the month [b]Adar, which was [c]the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 6:14 Whom God stirs up to assure them that he would give their work good success.
  2. Ezra 6:15 This is the twelfth month and containeth part of February and part of March.
  3. Ezra 6:15 And the two and fortieth year after their first return.

Completion and Dedication of the Temple

13 Then, because of the decree King Darius had sent, Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates, and Shethar-Bozenai and their associates(A) carried it out with diligence. 14 So the elders of the Jews continued to build and prosper under the preaching(B) of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah, a descendant of Iddo. They finished building the temple according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus,(C) Darius(D) and Artaxerxes,(E) kings of Persia. 15 The temple was completed on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.(F)

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