After 16 years in 520 B.C., the work on the temple is resumed after it was stopped around 535 B.C., spurred on by the prophecies of God through the prophets Haggai and Zechariah the son of Berechiah the son of Iddo. The enemies of the Jews try to stop the progress of the temple and are led by Tattenai the governor of the province west of the Euphrates River. Tattenai writes a letter to King Darius Iof the Persian empire.
