Ezra 6:15
What does Ezra 6:15 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezra 6:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Ezra 6:15 means
The temple is finished on the third day of Adar, in the sixth year of Darius. This concise report underscores God’s faithfulness and the resolution of a long-delayed work. The precise date testifies to the reliability of the narrative and allows readers to see the span from foundation to completion across years of opposition and renewal. What began under Cyrus has now reached fulfillment under Darius. God’s purposes are not thwarted by changing rulers; in His time, He brings the building of His house to completion for the good of His people.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And 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
King James Version · 1611And 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
American Standard Version · 1901And 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the building of this house was complete on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the rule of Darius the king.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And this house hath gone out till the third day of the month Adar, that is <FI>in<Fi> the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And 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.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of king Darius.
Context
With the completion dated, the building phase closes. The narrative will now turn from construction to consecration. Verses 16–18 will describe the joyful dedication, offerings, and the reestablishment of priestly and Levitical service according to the book of Moses. After worship is ordered, verses 19–22 will recount the observance of Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, presenting a community reunited around sacrificial atonement, purity, and festival joy in the restored house of God.
v.14And the elders of the Jews builded and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
v.15This passage
v.16And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Esther 9:21
to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
- Esther 9:1
Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king’s commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have rule over them (whereas it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them),
- Esther 3:7
In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
- Esther 9:19
Therefore do the Jews of the villages, that dwell in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
- Esther 3:13
And letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
- Esther 9:15
And the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men in Shushan; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.