Ezra 6:15

15 This temple was finished on the third day of the month of Adar in the sixth year of King Darius' reign.

Ezra 6:15 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 6:15

And 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.

Ezra 6:15 In-Context

13 Then Governor Tattenai [from the province] west of the Euphrates River, Shethar Bozenai, and their group did exactly what King Darius had ordered.

14 So the Jewish leaders continued to make progress because of the message from the prophet Haggai and Zechariah, the grandson of Iddo. They finished building as the God of Israel had ordered and as Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes (the kings of Persia) had ordered.

15 This temple was finished on the third day of the month of Adar in the sixth year of King Darius' reign.

16 Then the people of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the others who had returned from exile celebrated at the dedication of God's temple.

17 At the dedication of God's temple, they sacrificed 100 bulls, 200 rams, and 400 lambs. They sacrificed 12 male goats as an offering for sin, one goat for each of the tribes of Israel.