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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24 Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

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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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15 In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

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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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That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

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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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For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.

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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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And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

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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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Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

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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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But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter.

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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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18 Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.

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