Ezra 6:15 “And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, i…”

Ezra 6:15

And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

World English Bible

This house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

American Standard Version

And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

Geneva Bible 1599

And this house was finished the thirde day of the moneth Adar, which was the sixt yeere of the reigne of King Darius.

Darby Translation

And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of king Darius.

Young's Literal Translation

And this house hath gone out till the third day of the month Adar, that is [in] the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

Bible in Basic English

And the building of this house was complete on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the rule of Darius the king.

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Cross references

“A. M. 3489. B.C. 515. Adar”

Esther 3:7 Esther 9:21 Esther 3:13 Esther 8:12 Esther 9:1 Esther 9:15

Esther 3:7 · BSB

In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.

Esther 9:21 · BSB

to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar

Esther 3:13 · BSB

And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the th…

Esther 8:12 · BSB

The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.

Esther 9:1 · BSB

On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but their plan was overturned and the Jews…

Esther 9:15 · BSB

On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.

16Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.

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