3. The workers made good progress with the building of the Temple, encouraged by the prophets Haggai and Zechariah.
4. The Jews completed the building according to the command of the Lord, the God of Israel, and with the permission of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, emperors of Persia.
5. The Temple was completed on the 23rd day of the month of Adar in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the emperor.
6. Then the people of Israel — the priests, the Levites, and all the others who had returned from exile and joined them — carried out all the commands in the Law of Moses.
7. For the dedication they offered 100 bulls, 200 rams, and 400 lambs as sacrifices,
8. and twelve goats as offerings for sin, one goat for the leader of each tribe of Israel.