Ezra 6:15
in Ezra 6And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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.
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.
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This verse in Ezra 6
Commentary
7 notes on this verseAnd this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar,.... The twelfth month of the year with the Jews, and answers to part of our February and part of March: which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king; four years after the decree came forth.
This site's exposition
diligently carried out what King Darius had decreed
on Ezra 6:13-15
Verse 14 names the cause behind the royal paperwork. The Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo. The temple is completed on the third day of Adar, in the sixth year of Darius, four years after the decree that restarted the work.
This site's exposition
the third day of the month of Adar
Adar is the twelfth month of the Jewish year, near March, and Albert Barnes dates the sixth year of Darius to 516 to 515 BC. The temple stood finished at the close of the year. John Gill notes that the Passover of verse 19 fell in the very next month.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
As for God, his work is perfect. 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.
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
“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.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
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.
This 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.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשֵׁיצִיא֙ | vesheitzi' | and it was brought forth | H3319 → | |
| בַּיְתָ֣ה | baytah' | house the | H1005 → | 44 times |
| דְנָ֔ה | denah | this | H1836 → | 58 times |
| עַ֛ד | ʾad | until | H5705 → | 35 times |
| י֥וֹם | yom | day | H3118 → | 16 times |
| תְּלָתָ֖ה | telatah | three | H8532 → | |
| לִירַ֣ח | lirach | of [the] month of | H3393 → | |
| אֲדָ֑ר | ʾadar | Adar | H144 → | |
| דִּי־ | di- | which | H1768 → | 345 times |
| הִ֣יא | hi' | it | H1932 → | |
| שְׁנַת־ | shenat- | [was] year | H8140 → | 7 times |
| שֵׁ֔ת | shet | six | H8353 → | |
| לְמַלְכ֖וּת | lemalkhut | of [the] reign of | H4437 → | 57 times |
| דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ | dareyavesh | Darius | H1868 → | 15 times |
| מַלְכָּֽא׃ פ | malka' | king the | H4430 → | 180 times |
וְשֵׁיצִיא֙and it was brought forth
vesheitzi'H3319 →
בַּיְתָ֣הhouse the
baytah'H1005 →44 times
דְנָ֔הthis
denahH1836 →58 times
עַ֛דuntil
ʾadH5705 →35 times
י֥וֹםday
yomH3118 →16 times
תְּלָתָ֖הthree
telatahH8532 →
לִירַ֣חof [the] month of
lirachH3393 →
אֲדָ֑רAdar
ʾadarH144 →
דִּי־which
di-H1768 →345 times
הִ֣יאit
hi'H1932 →
שְׁנַת־[was] year
shenat-H8140 →7 times
שֵׁ֔תsix
shetH8353 →
לְמַלְכ֖וּתof [the] reign of
lemalkhutH4437 →57 times
דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁDarius
dareyaveshH1868 →15 times
מַלְכָּֽא׃ פking the
malka'H4430 →180 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
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,…
it leads to
- Esther 3:13
And 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…
- Esther 8:12
The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
- Psalms 30:11
You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
- Revelation 11:18
The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your…
- Esther 3:13
Through
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.
it leads to
- Esther 9:1
On 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,…
- Esther 3:13–15
And 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…
- Esther 9:1
Through
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.
it leads to
- Esther 9:10
They killed these ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
- Esther 8:11
By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile…
- Esther 9:10
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
