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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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And 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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