24 Then the work on the house of God that is in Jerusalem stopped, and it ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

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24 Thus the work on the house of God in Jerusalem came to a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius(A) king of Persia.

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15 (A)on the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

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15 on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month.(A)

The Promised Glory of the New House

In the second year of King Darius,(B)

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(A)that the exulting of the wicked is short,
    and the joy of the godless but for a moment?

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that the mirth of the wicked(A) is brief,
    the joy of the godless(B) lasts but a moment.(C)

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For they all wanted to frighten us, thinking, “Their hands will drop from the work, and it will not be done.” But now, O God,[a] strengthen my hands.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 6:9 Hebrew lacks O God

They were all trying to frighten us, thinking, “Their hands will get too weak for the work, and it will not be completed.”

But I prayed, “Now strengthen my hands.”

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And I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?”

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so I sent messengers to them with this reply: “I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and go down to you?”

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The Decree of Darius

Then Darius the king made a decree, and (A)search was made in Babylonia, in the house of the archives where the documents were stored.

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The Decree of Darius

King Darius then issued an order, and they searched in the archives(A) stored in the treasury at Babylon.

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But (A)the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they did not stop them until the report should reach Darius and then an answer be returned by letter concerning it.

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But the eye of their God(A) was watching over the elders of the Jews, and they were not stopped until a report could go to Darius and his written reply be received.

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18 because we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, again and again—but Satan (A)hindered us.

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18 For we wanted to come to you—certainly I, Paul, did, again and again—but Satan(A) blocked our way.(B)

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