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15 The Temple was completed on March 12,[a] during the sixth year of King Darius’s reign.

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  1. 6:15 Aramaic on the third day of the month Adar, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. A number of events in Ezra can be cross-checked with dates in surviving Persian records and related accurately to our modern calendar. This day was March 12, 515 B.c.

15 The temple was completed on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.(A)

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