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14 So the elders of the Jews were building and prospering, through the prophecy of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building by the command of the God of Israel and by the decree of Cyrus, Darius, and King Artaxerxes of Persia. 15 This house was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

16 And the Israelites,[a] the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the returned exiles[b] celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 6:16 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  2. Ezra 6:16 Literally “sons of the exile”