Ezr 6:14 | JFB | STEP | 13-15. Then Tatnai ... did speedily-- A concurrence of favorable events is mentioned as accelerating the restoration of the temple and infusing a new spirit and energy into the workmen, who now labored with unabating assiduity till it was brought to a completion. Its foundation was laid in April, 536 B.C. ( ), and it was completed on February 21, 515 B.C., being twenty-one years after it was begun [Lightfoot].

‏ Ezra 6:14

Ezr 6:13-15. The Temple Finished.

13-15. Then Tatnai ... did speedily--A concurrence of favorable events is mentioned as accelerating the restoration of the temple and infusing a new spirit and energy into the workmen, who now labored with unabating assiduity till it was brought to a completion. Its foundation was laid in April, 536 B.C. (Ezr 3:8-10), and it was completed on February 21, 515 B.C., being twenty-one years after it was begun [Lightfoot].