13 Then Tattenai governor of the region west of the Euphrates River, Shethar-bozenai, and their colleagues(A) diligently carried out what King Darius had decreed. 14 So the Jewish elders continued successfully with the building under the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo.(B) They finished the building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus,(C) Darius, and King Artaxerxes(D) of Persia. 15 This house was completed on the third day of the month of Adar(E) in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

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The Temple Completed and Dedicated

13 Then (A)Tattenai, the governor of the province beyond the Euphrates River, Shethar-bozenai, and their colleagues carried out the decree with all diligence, just as King Darius had [a]ordered. 14 And (B)the elders of the Jews [b]were successful in building through the prophecy of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And [c]they finished building following the command of the God of Israel and the decree (C)of Cyrus, (D)Darius, and (E)Artaxerxes king of Persia. 15 Now this [d]temple was completed [e]on the third day of the (F)month Adar; it was the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 6:13 Lit sent
  2. Ezra 6:14 Lit were building and succeeding
  3. Ezra 6:14 Lit built and finished
  4. Ezra 6:15 Lit house
  5. Ezra 6:15 Lit until