KJV 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.
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Ezra 6:15
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
WEB 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.
ASV 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.
YLT 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.
Surrounding context — Ezra 6
12 And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter [and] to destroy this house of God which [is] at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.
13 Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily.
14 And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished [it], according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
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.
16 And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,
17 And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
18 And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which [is] at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.
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וְשֵׁיצִיא֙H3319 · ye.tsato bring forthבַּיְתָ֣הH1005 · ba.yithouseדְנָ֔הH1836 · de.nahthisעַ֛דH5705 · adtillי֥וֹםH3118 · yomdayתְּלָתָ֖הH8532 · te.latthreeלִירַ֣חH3393 · ye.rachmonthאֲדָ֑רH144 · a.darAdarדִּי־H1768 · dithatהִ֣יאH1932 · huhe/she/itשְׁנַת־H8140 · she.nahyearשֵׁ֔תH8353 · shetsixלְמַלְכ֖וּתH4437 · mal.khukingdomדָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁH1868 · dar.ya.veshDariusמַלְכָּֽא׃ פH4430 · me.lekhking
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Esther 3:7In the first month, that [is], the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that [is], the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, [to] the twelfth [month], that [is], the month Adar.Esther 9:21To stablish [this] among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,Esther 8:12Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, [namely], upon the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which [is] the month Adar.Esther 9:17On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.Esther 9:15For the Jews that [were] in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.Esther 9:1Now in the twelfth month, that [is], the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king’s commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)Esther 3:13And the letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, [even] upon the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which [is] the month Adar, and [to take] the spoil of them for a prey.Esther 9:19Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar [a day of] gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
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