1. Then Sisinnes, the governor, Shethar Bozenai, and their fellow-officials did exactly as the emperor had commanded
2. and gave careful supervision to the work of the Temple, helping the Jewish leaders and Temple officials.
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.