Temple Work Resumed

5 When the prophets, ^(A)Haggai the prophet and ^(B)Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them,

¹⁴ And ^(A)the elders of the Jews ^[a]were successful in building through the prophecy of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And ^[b]they finished building following the command of the God of Israel and the decree ^(B)of Cyrus, ^(C)Darius, and ^(D)Artaxerxes king of Persia.

7 In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is ^(A)Chislev.

³⁵ so that upon you will fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous ^(A)Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the ^(B)son of Berechiah, whom ^(C)you murdered between the ^[a]temple and the altar.

⁵¹ from ^(A)the blood of Abel to ^(B)the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the house of God; yes, I tell you, it shall be charged ^[a]against this generation.’