פירוש על מגילה 22:14

Eleven: For the Temple stood that much after the exile of Yechoniyah.

How many years did he reign? Fourteen: As it is written (Esther 3:7), "in the twelfth year [...], a pur - that is, a lottery - was cast." And in the next year, the miracle was done. Behold that is thirteen, since the kings of the nations of the world count [the years] from Tishrei, so the new year began in Tishrei (in the middle of the lottery). And it is written in the next year (Esther 9:29), "to confirm this second letter of Purim." Behold that is fourteen.

Then - in the days of Cyrus - the work of the House of God ceased. As Cyrus had commanded to build [it] and then recanted about it because of enemies of Yehudah and Benyamin, as it is written in the book of Ezra. Until the second year of Darius the Second, who reigned after Ahasuerus. And he was called by three names: Darius, Cyrus and Artaxerxes.

The years were partial: There are some of those years that we counted above, the beginning of which were absorbed in the previous year. For example, we counted five years for Darius the Mede and Cyrus - you will only find four. As it is written about the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus in the book of Daniel (10:1), "In the third year of the reign of Cyrus, etc." And we learned in Seder Olam: We only exclusively found one year for [the reign] of Media in the [holy] writings. And we found three years for Cyrus in the book of Daniel (10:1), "In the third year of the reign of Cyrus, etc." And we also learned in Seder Olam: Cyrus reigned for three partial years. Behold you counted an extra year (five instead of four). And also, since a year was absorbed in the years of Nebuchadnezzar and Evil-merodach. So corresponding to this, the building waited two years [at the time of the second] Darius.