1 Esdras 7:5

5 So with the consent of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, the kings of the Persians, the holy house was finished by the twenty-third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of King Darius.

1 Esdras 7:5 In-Context

3 The holy work flourished, while the prophets Haggai and Zechariah prophesied.
4 They finished it by the command of the Lord God of Israel.
5 So with the consent of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, the kings of the Persians, the holy house was finished by the twenty-third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of King Darius.
6 The Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the rest of those who returned from exile acted according to what was written in the scroll from Moses.
7 For the dedication of the Lord's temple, they brought offerings of one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs,

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