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 Living Translation (NLT)The Temple was completed on March 12, during the sixth year of King Darius’s reign.

Context of Ezra 6:15

13Then Tattenai, governor of the region beyond the River, Shethar-Boznai, and their companions diligently did according to what King Darius had sent. 14So the elders of the Jews built, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the command of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. 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. 16Then the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites and the rest of the descendants of the captivity, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy. 17And they offered sacrifices at the dedication of this house of God, one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel twelve male goats, according to the number of the 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

People and places in Ezra 6:15

• Darius
• Adar

Cross-references for Ezra 6:15

• Esther 3:7In the first month, which is the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur (that is, the lot), before Haman to determine the day and the month, until it fell on the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar.
• Esther 8:12on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar.
• Esther 9:1Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day, the time came for the king’s command and his decree to be executed. On the day that the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, the opposite occurred, in that the Jews themselves overpowered those who hated them.

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