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.

16 ¶ And the children of Israel, the Priests, and the Levites, and the residue of the children of the captivity kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,

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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.

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