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376. Adar

From: Manners and Customs of the Bible

By: James M. Freeman

Narrator: Chris Genthree

Ezra 6:15

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Ezra 6:15¹⁵And 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. (Ezra 6:15). This house was finished on the third day of the month Adar.

This was the closing month of the year, and corresponded very nearly to our month of March.

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• 363. Stone Bows

• 365. The Horn

• 366. Fortified Cities

• 367. Cremation

• 368. Death by Being Thrown From a Rock

• 369. Towers

• 370. Engines of War

• 371. Change of Name

• 372. Nethinim

• 373. The Persian Daric

• 374. Money Tablets

• 375. The Temple of Zerubbabel

• 376. Adar

• 377. Chisleu

• 378. The Royal Butler

• 379. Safe Conduct

• 380. Shaking the Lap

• 381. Letters

• 383. Tirshatha

• 384. Sending Portions

• 385. Wood for the Sacrifices

• 386. Plucking the Hair

• 387. The Court of the House

• 388. Curtains Couches

• 389. Drinking Customs