The Temple Finished and Dedicated

13 Then, according to the word sent by Darius the king, (A)Tattenai, the governor of the province Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates did with all diligence what Darius the king had ordered. 14 (B)And the elders of the Jews built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They finished their building by decree of the God of Israel and (C)by decree of Cyrus and (D)Darius and (E)Artaxerxes king of Persia; 15 and this house was finished on the third day of the (F)month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

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