Ezra 6:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Ezra 6:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

“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.
Ezra 6:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And this house was finished on the third day of the month (g) Adar, which was in (h) the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. (g) This is the twelfth month and contains part of February and p...
Ezra 6:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Carrying out of the Decree; the Temple Completed and Dedicated. Ezra 6:14 . This cannot be in its original form; the success of the building is ascribed both to the commandment of God and to...
Ezra 6:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Adar . the twelfth month. See App-51.
Ezra 6:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. This house was finished - The sixth year of Darius mentioned here was abou...
Ezra 6:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment...
Ezra 6:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Completion and Dedication of the Temple This chapter relates the authorisation of the construction of the Temple, and the completion of the work.
Ezra 6:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year. — The event around which this part of the history revolves is dated with due care; it was on the third day of the last month of the ecc...
Ezra 6:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE Ezra 6:6-22 THE chronicler's version of the edict in which Darius replies to the application of the Satrap Tattenai is so very friendly to the Jews that questions h...
Ezra 6:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Prospered in a Difficult Work Ezra 6:1-22 How much depended on the finding of that roll! But God knew where it was, and led them to discover it, and inclined Darius to ratify it. When we are an...
Ezra 6:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

There can be no doubt that Tattenai felt that finding such a decree was unlikely, if not impossible. That the search must have been thorough is indicated by the place where the roll was found. The se...
Ezra 6:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I think there must have been a space of nearly 20 years from the foundation of the temple to the finishing of it. And in the building up of every individual of Christ's mystical temple, how long some...
Ezra 6:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar ,.... The twelfth month of the year with the Jews, and answers to part of our February and part of March: which was in the sixth year...
Ezra 6:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 15. And this house was finished ] About fifteen years after that t...
Ezra 6:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This house was finished in the third day of the month Adar The tenth of March, in the year of the world 3489, in little more than four years after the Jews had returned to the work, and engaged hea...
Ezra 6:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Having received the letter from Tattenai, Darius ordered that a search be made in the archives where the treasures were stored in Babylon.There is no doubt that God led the searchers to Achmetha in t...
Ezra 6:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Completion of the Second Temple. B. C. 516. 13 Then Tatnai, governor on this side the...
Ezra 6:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Ezra 6:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Decree Is Carried Out And The Work On The Temple Is Completed Accompanied By Due Ceremony ( Ezra 6:13-18 ). Ezra 6:13 ‘Then Tattenai, the governor of Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and...
Ezra 6:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] This chapter contains—(i.) The search for and discovery of the decree of Cyrus ( Ezra 6:1-5 ). (ii.) The decree of Darius for the furtherance of the building of the T...
Ezra 6:15 - Scofield Reference Notes

Adar twelfth monththat is, March.
Ezra 6:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 6:2 . There was found at Achmetha, that is, Ecbatana, the capital of Media, as in the Vulgate, the city where the archives were kept; a roll of the parchment. Revelation 7:1 . “(?)” [ Re...
Ezra 6:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

And they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai. The true pulpit the best promoter of honest industry It-- I. quickens the power of thought. He quickens public thought most who presents...
Ezra 6:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ezra 6:13 So they did speedily. Tatnai and Shethar-boznai showed no reluctance. They had no enmity against the Jews. Once clearly advertised of the king's wishes, they carried th...
Ezra 6:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Second Temple Dedicated
Ezra 6:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Esther 3:13 ; Esther 3:7 ; Esther 8:12 ; Esther 9:1 ; Esther 9:15 ; Esther 9:17 ; Esther 9:19 ; Esther 9:21

Ezra 6:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezra 6:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ezra 6:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 6:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezra 6:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezra 6:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezra 6:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 6:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezra 6:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezra 6:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ezra 6:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezra 6:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezra 6:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezra 6:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezra 6:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 6:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 6:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezra 6:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezra 6:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 6:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezra 6:15 - Scofield Reference Notes

Ezra 6:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 6:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezra 6:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezra 6:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezra 6:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge