^{15 Ref} 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.

^{16 Ref} And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy.

^{17 Ref} And they offered at the dedication of this house of God a hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.