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.
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Gill's Exposition
And the children of Israel,.... Those of the ten tribes that remained after the body of the people were carried captive, or came with the Jews at their return:
the priests and the Levites, and the…
Barnes' Notes
“Adar” was the twelfth or last month of the Jewish year, corresponding nearly with our March. The sixth year of Darius was 516-515 B.C.
Adam Clarke
This house was finished - The sixth year of Darius mentioned here was about A.M. 3489, twenty years after the foundation had been laid by Zerubbabel, under the reign of Cyrus.
Here we have, I. The Jews' enemies made their friends. When they received this order from the king they came with as much haste to encourage and assist the work as their predecessors had done to put a…
Cambridge Bible
The date here given is the 3rd of Adar (the 12th month) in the 6th year of Darius (516 515). The month Adar is about equivalent to our March. The name seems to be derived from an Assyrian god -Adar",…
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