Ezra

Describes the return of the Jews from Babylonian exile and the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem. ... click to read full summary of this book.

Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Then, the construction of God's house in Jerusalem stopped. This halt lasted until the second year of King Darius's rule over Persia.

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