Ezr 4:5 | TNotes | STEP | 4:5 The people paid a heavy price for their uncompromising commitment to holiness. • King Cyrus reigned until 530 BC . Darius (Darius I) took the throne of Persia in 521 BC . Work on the Temple resumed in 520 BC and was finished in 515 BC (see 6:15 ).

‏ Ezra 4:5

4:5 ^a The people paid a heavy price for their uncompromising commitment to holiness.

• King Cyrus reigned until 530 BC. Darius (Darius I) took the throne of Persia in 521 BC. Work on the Temple resumed in 520 BC and was finished in 515 BC (see 6:15 ^b).