Ezra 6:13-18

English Standard Version

The Temple Finished and Dedicated

¹³ Then, according to the word sent by Darius the king, ^(A)Tattenai, the governor of the province Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates did with all diligence what Darius the king had ordered. ^14 (B)And the elders of the Jews built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They finished their building by decree of the God of Israel and ^(C)by decree of Cyrus and ^(D)Darius and ^(E)Artaxerxes king of Persia; ¹⁵ and this house was finished on the third day of the ^(F)month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

¹⁶ And the people of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the returned exiles, celebrated the ^(G)dedication of this house of God with joy. ¹⁷ They offered at the dedication of this house of God 100 bulls, 200 rams, 400 lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel ^(H)12 male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. ¹⁸ And they set the priests ^(I)in their divisions and the Levites ^(J)in their divisions, for the service of God at Jerusalem, ^(K)as it is written in the Book of Moses.