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


In Context

12 May God, who has caused his Name to dwell there, overthrow any king or people who lifts a hand to change this decree or to destroy this temple in Jerusalem. I Darius have decreed it. Let it be carried out with diligence.

13 Then, because of the decree King Darius had sent, Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates, and Shethar-Bozenai and their associates carried it out with diligence.

14 So the elders of the Jews continued to build and prosper under the preaching of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah, a descendant of Iddo. They finished building the temple according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.

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

16 Then the people of Israel-the priests, the Levites and the rest of the exiles- celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.

17 For the dedication of this house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred male lambs and, as a sin offering for all Israel, twelve male goats, one for each of the tribes of Israel.

Ezra 6:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:15And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:15And they were finishing this house of God, until the third day of the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of king Darius.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:15And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:15And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of king Darius.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:15And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:15And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:15This house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:15And this house hath gone out till the third day of the month Adar, that is in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:15And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.