Ezra 6:15
13 In response, Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates diligently carried out what King Darius had decreed.
14 So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.
And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
16 Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.
17 For the dedication of the house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and a sin offering for all Israel of twelve male goats, one for each tribe of Israel.
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- BSB
- And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
- KJV
- And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
- WEB
- This house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
- ASV
- And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
- DARBY
- And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of king Darius.
- BLB
- And this temple was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
- ÅB
- Så ble da dette hus fullt ferdig til den tredje dag i måneden adar i det sjette år av kong Darius' regjering.
- OTB
- Tempelet ble fullført på den tredje dagen i måneden Adar, i det sjette året av kong Dareios' regjeringstid.
- B1930
- Så blev da dette hus fullt ferdig til den tredje dag i måneden adar i det sjette år av kong Darius' regjering.
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Esther 3:7
In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
Read in contextEsther 9:21
to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar
Read in contextEsther 3:13
And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.
Read in contextEsther 9:19
This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.
Read in contextEsther 9:1
On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but their plan was overturned and the Jews overpowered those who hated them.
Read in contextEsther 8:12
The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
Read in contextEsther 9:15
On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
Read in contextEsther 9:17
This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy.
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