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The Temple Completed

Ezra 6:15

In 11 translations

BSB
And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.Adar is the twelfth month of the Hebrew lunar calendar, usually occurring within the months of February and March.
KJV
And 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.
WEB
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.
ASV
And 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.
LSV
And this house has gone out until the third day of the month Adar, that is [in] the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
YLT
And 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.
DBY
And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of king Darius.
DRC
And 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.
GNV
And this house was finished the thirde day of the moneth Adar, which was the sixt yeere of the reigne of King Darius.
JPS
And 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.
LXXE
And they finished this house by the third day of the month Adar, which is the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְשֵׁיצִיא֙ בַּיְתָ֣ה דְנָ֔ה עַ֛ד י֥וֹם תְּלָתָ֖ה לִירַ֣ח אֲדָ֑ר דִּי־הִ֣יא שְׁנַת־שֵׁ֔ת לְמַלְכ֖וּת דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ מַלְכָּֽא׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐτέλεσαν τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον ἕως ἡμέρας τρίτης μηνὸς Ἀδὰρ, ὅ ἐστιν ἔτος ἕκτον τῆς βασιλείας Δαρείου τοῦ βασιλέως.

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  • Esther 3:7In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
  • Esther 9:21to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar
  • Esther 3:13And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the…
  • Esther 8:12The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
  • Esther 9:17This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy.
  • Esther 9:19This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.
  • Esther 9:15On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
  • Esther 9:1On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but their plan was overturned and the…

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