Ezra 6:15

Ezra 6:15 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)The temple was completed on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and this house was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now the temple was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

Context of Ezra 6:15

13Tattenai, ruler of the region west of the Euphrates river, Shethar-Bozenai and their friends carefully obeyed King Darius's command. 14So the leaders of the Jews continued to build the temple. The work went very well. They listened to the messages from God that the prophet Haggai and Iddo's grandson, Zechariah, were teaching them. They finished building the temple. Israel's God had commanded them to do that. Cyrus, Darius and Artaxerxes, the kings of Persia, had also commanded them to do it. They finished building the temple on the third day of Adar month. King Darius had then been king for six years. 16Then the Israelite people offered the temple to God, so that he would bless it. The priests, the Levites and the other people who had returned from Babylon were all very happy. 17They offered 100 bulls, 200 male sheep and 400 lambs. Then they sacrificed 12 male goats as a sin offering for all Israel. There was one goat for each of the 12 tribes of Israel.

Ezra 6:15 word by word

וְשֵׁיצִיא֙ בַּיְתָ֣ה דְנָ֔ה עַ֛ד י֥וֹם תְּלָתָ֖ה לִירַ֣ח אֲדָ֑ר דִּי־הִ֣יא שְׁנַת־שֵׁ֔ת לְמַלְכ֖וּת דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ מַלְכָּֽא׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And thisדְּנָהdên · thisH1836
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · houseH1005
• was finishedשֵׁיצִיyetsâ' · to bring forthH3319
• onעַד‛ad · tillH5705
• the thirdתְּלָתtelâth telâthâh telâthâ' · threeH8532
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3118
• of the monthיְרַחyerach · monthH3393
• Adarאֲדָר'ădâr · AdarH144
• which wasהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1932
• in the sixthשֵׁתshêth shith · sixH8353
• yearשְׁנָהshenâh · yearH8140
• of the reignמַלְכוּmalkû · kingdomH4437
• of Dariusדָּֽרְיָ֫וֶשׁdâreyâvêsh · DariusH1868
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4430

Cross-references for Ezra 6:15

• Esther 3:7Haman asked his advisors when would be the right time to make this happen. He asked them in the first month of the year (Nisan), during Xerxes' 12th year as king. Haman's advisors threw dice to decide the right time to destroy the Jews. The dice chose the 12th month of the year (Adar). The dice were called ‘Purim’.
• Esther 8:12The law said that the Jews in all the regions of the kingdom could do this on one day. That day was the 13th day of the 12th month (Adar).
• Esther 9:1The 13th day of the 12th month (Adar) was the day when the enemies of the Jews had hoped to attack them. But now the king's new law said that the Jews could fight to keep themselves safe on that day. So the Jews won against their enemies.

Commentaries on Ezra 6:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15This house was finished - The sixth year of Darius mentioned here was about A.M. 3489, twenty years after the foundation had been laid by Zerubbabel, under the reign of Cyrus.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15“Adar” was the twelfth or last month of the Jewish year, corresponding nearly with our March. The sixth year of Darius was 516-515 B.C.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-22Verses 13-22 The gospel church, that spiritual temple, is long in the building, but it will be finished at last, when the mystical body is completed. Every believer is a living temple, building up himself in his most holy faith: much opposition is given to this work by Satan and our own corruptions. We trifle, and proceed in it with many stops and pauses; but He that has begun the good work, will see it performed. Then spirits of just men will be made…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15Israel's second temple was completed about seventy years after Nebuchadnezzar destroyed it in 586 BC. Herod the Great remodeled and expanded this temple during the time of Christ. The temple stood for about 585 years until the Roman army, led by Titus, destroyed it in AD 70.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1513-15. Then Tatnai ... did speedily--A concurrence of favorable events is mentioned as accelerating the restoration of the temple and infusing a new spirit and energy into the workmen, who now labored with unabating assiduity till it was brought to a completion. Its foundation was laid in April, 536 B.C. (Ezr 3:8-10), and it was completed on February 21, 515 B.C., being twenty-one years after it was begun [Lightfoot].Read the comment

Topics related to Ezra 6:15

• Adar
• Liberality
• Month
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Darius
• Third Day
• Chaldee language
• Exile
• Moon
• Pure
• Temple, the Second
• Adar (1)
• Aramaic; Aramaic Language
• Bible, the

Commentaries on Ezra 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings