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The house was completed
This can be translated in active form. You may need to make explicit which house they completed. AT: "They completed God's house" or "They finished building the temple" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
the third day of the month of Adar
"Adar" is the name of the twelfth and last month of the Hebrew calendar. It is during the cold season. The third day is near the middle of February on Western calendars. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-hebrewmonths and rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names and rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal)
sixth year
King Darius had been ruling for five years, so he was now in year number six of his reign. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal)