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The Temple Completed and Dedicated

13 Then Tattenai, governor of the region beyond the River, Shethar-Boznai, and their companions diligently did according to what King Darius had sent.
14 aSo the elders of the Jews built, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the1 command of bCyrus, cDarius, and dArtaxerxes king of Persia.  
15 Now the temple was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
16 Then the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites and the rest of the descendants of the captivity, celebrated athe dedication of this house of God with joy.  
17 And they aoffered sacrifices at the dedication of this house of God, one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel twelve male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.  
18 They assigned the priests to their adivisions and the Levites to their bdivisions, over the service of God in Jerusalem, cas it is written in the Book of Moses.  

The Passover Celebrated

19 1And the descendants of the captivity kept the Passover aon the fourteenth day of the first month.  
20 For the priests and the Levites had apurified themselves; all of them were ritually clean. And they bslaughtered the Passover lambs for all the descendants of the captivity, for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.  
Verse Comparison: Ezra 6:15

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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.

Amplified® Bible
And this house was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

Contemporary English Version
On the third day of the month of Adar in the sixth year of the rule of Darius, the temple was finished.

Darby English Version
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.

Good News Bible
They finished the Temple on the third day of the month Adar in the sixth year of the reign of Emperor Darius.

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.

New American Standard Bible
This temple was completed on the third day of the month Adar; it was the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

New International Version
The temple was completed on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

New King James Version
Now the temple was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
This temple reached completion on the third day of the month Adar; it marked the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

Revised Standard Version
and this house was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

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.

New English Translation
They finished this temple on the third day of the month Adar, which is the sixth1 year of the reign of King Darius.


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