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1King Darius gave the order, and they searched in the library of Babylon in the archives. ,[#6:1 Ezr 5:17; #6:1 Lit Babylon where the treasures were stored; #6:1 Ezr 4:15]
2But it was in the fortress of Ecbatana in the province of Media that a scroll was found with this record written on it:[#6:2 Dn 9:1; Ac 2:9]
13Then Tattenai governor of the region west of the River Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their colleagues diligently carried out what King Darius had decreed.[#6:13 Ezr 5:3,6; 6:6]
14So the Jewish elders continued successfully with the building under the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished the building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and King Artaxerxes of Persia.[#6:14 Ezr 5:1; Hg 1:1; Zch 1:1; #6:14 Ezr 1:1–4; 6:3–5; #6:14 Ezr 7:12–26]
15This house was completed on the third day of the month of Adar in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.[#6:15 Est 3:7]
16Then the Israelites, including the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles, celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.
17For the dedication of God’s house they offered one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, and four hundred lambs, as well as twelve male goats as a sin offering for all Israel #– #one for each Israelite tribe.[#6:16–17 2Ch 7:4–5]
18They also appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their groups to the service of God in Jerusalem, according to what is written in the book of Moses.[#6:18 Ex 29; Nm 18; 1Ch 24]
19The exiles observed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.[#6:19 Ezr 1:11; 2:1; #6:19 Ex 12:1–11; Nm 28:16]
20All of the priests and Levites were ceremonially clean, because they had purified themselves. They killed the Passover lamb for themselves, their priestly brothers, and all the exiles.[#6:20 2Ch 30:15–17]
21The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the Gentiles of the land , in order to worship the Lord , the God of Israel.[#6:21 Ezr 1:11; 2:1; #6:21 Lit land to them; #6:21 Ezr 9:11; Neh 10:28]
22They observed the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days with joy, because the Lord had made them joyful, having changed the Assyrian king’s attitude towards them, so that he supported them in the work on the house of the God of Israel.[#6:22 Ex 12:14–20; Dt 16:3–8; #6:22 Lit strengthened their hands; #6:22 Ezr 6:8–12]