Ezra 6:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.”
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“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 · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And this house hath gone out till the third day of the month Adar, that is <FI>in<Fi> the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezra 6:15 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezra 4:24Thus the construction of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
- Ezra 9:9Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but He has extended to us grace in the sight of the kings of Persia, giving us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and giving us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.
- Esther 3:7In 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 3:13And 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 thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.
- Esther 8:12The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
- Esther 9:1On 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 overpowered those who hated them.
- Esther 9:15On 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.
- Esther 9:17This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy.
- Esther 9:19This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.
- Esther 9:21to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar
- Zechariah 4:9“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will complete it. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent me to you.
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