 The Temple was completed on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius, amid great rejoicings on the part of all the people although it was evident that the Jews were no longer an independent people, but were subject to a foreign power.The Book of Haggai includes a prediction that the glory of the last temple would be greater than that of the first.In 332 BCE the Persians were defeated by Alexander the Great.