Ezra 6:15

Conservative English Version

On the third day of the month of Adar in the sixth year of the rule of Darius, the temple was finished.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:63

(SEE 8:62)

Ezra 4:24

The Jews were forced to stop work on the temple and were not able to do any more building until the year after Darius became king of Persia.

Ezra 5:16

Sheshbazzar then went to Jerusalem and laid the foundation for the temple, and the work is still going on.

Ezra 9:9

We are slaves, but you have never turned your back on us. You love us, and because of you, the kings of Persia have helped us. It's as though you have given us new life! You let us rebuild your temple and live safely in Judah and Jerusalem.

Esther 3:13

The letters were taken by messengers to every part of the kingdom, and this is what was said in the letters: On the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month, all Jewish men, women, and children are to be killed. And their property is to be taken.

Esther 3:7

It was now the twelfth year of the rule of King Xerxes. During Nisan, the first month of the year, Haman said, "Find out the best time for me to do this." The time chosen was Adar, the twelfth month.

Esther 8:12

(SEE 8:11)

Esther 9:1

The first law that the king had made was to be followed on the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month. This was the very day that the enemies of the Jews had hoped to do away with them. But the Jews turned things around,

Esther 9:15

Then on the fourteenth day of Adar the Jews of the city got together and killed three hundred more people. But they still did not take anything that belonged to their enemies.

Esther 9:17

(SEE 9:16)

Esther 9:19

This is why the Jews in the villages now celebrate on the fourteenth day of the month. It is a joyful holiday that they celebrate by feasting and sending gifts of food to each other.

Esther 9:21

and told them: Each year you must celebrate on both the fourteenth and the fifteenth of Adar,

Zechariah 1:1

I am the prophet Zechariah, the son of Berechiah and the grandson of Iddo. In the eighth month of the second year that Darius was king of Persia, the LORD told me to say:

Zechariah 1:16

And so, I will have pity on Jerusalem. The city will be completely rebuilt, and my temple will stand again.

Zechariah 4:9

Zerubbabel laid the foundation for the temple, and he will complete it. Then everyone will know that you were sent by me, the LORD All-Powerful.