24 Thus the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem ceased, and it was discontinued 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 on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius.

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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 triumphing of the wicked is short,
And the joy of the hypocrite is but for a (B)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 were trying to make us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will not be done.”

Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.

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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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So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go 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 King Darius issued a decree, (A)and a search was made in the [a]archives, where the treasures were stored in Babylon.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 6:1 Lit. house of the scrolls

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 upon the elders of the Jews, so that they could not make them cease till a report could go to Darius. Then a (B)written answer was returned concerning this matter.

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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 Therefore we wanted to come to you—even I, Paul, time and again—but (A)Satan 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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