Ezra 6:15

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

Ezra 6:15 in Other Translations

15 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.

15 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.

15 The Temple was completed on March 12, during the sixth year of King Darius’s reign.

15 The Temple was completed on the third day of the month Adar in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

15 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.

15 This temple was finished on the third day of the month of Adar in the sixth year of King Darius' reign.

15 This house was completed on the third day of the month of Adar in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

15 So the temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar. It was in the sixth year that Darius was king.

Ezra 6:15 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 6:15

And this house was finished on the third day of the month
Adar
The twelfth month of the year with the Jews, and answers to part of our February and part of March:

which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king;
four years after the decree came forth.

Ezra 6:15 In-Context

13 Then, because of the decree King Darius had sent, Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates, and Shethar-Bozenai and their associates carried it out with diligence.

14 So the elders of the Jews continued to build and prosper under the preaching of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah, a descendant of Iddo. They finished building the temple according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.

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

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

17 For the dedication of this house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred male lambs and, as a sin offering for all Israel, twelve male goats, one for each of the tribes of Israel.

Cross References

• 1. Zechariah 1:1; Zechariah 4:9