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Then Sisinnes the governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, and Sathrabuzanes, and their associates, following the orders of King Darius,
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supervised the holy work with very great care, assisting the elders of the Jews and the chief officers of the temple.
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The holy work prospered, while the prophets Haggai and Zechariah prophesied;
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and they completed it by the command of the Lord God of Israel. So with the consent of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes, kings of the Persians,
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the holy house was finished by the twenty-third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of King Darius.
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And the people of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the rest of those who returned from exile who joined them, did according to what was written in the book of Moses.
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They offered at the dedication of the temple of the Lord one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs,