Haggai 1:10
Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHEN
- 520 BC
WHEN
520 BC
dated by the text itself
The most precisely dated book in the Bible.
WHO RULED
- Darius I king of Persia 522-486 BC
SOURCES
- date — Haggai 1:1 dates itself to the day: the second year of King Darius, the sixth month, the first day. Four of the book's five messages carry their own date.
- Darius I — Behistun Inscription, written at his order in three languages; Herodotus III
SEE ALSO
- 1 Kings 8:35 When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins…
- Leviticus 26:19 I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,
- Deuteronomy 28:23-24 The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron. …
- 1 Kings 17:1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain…
- Joel 1:18-20 How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering. …
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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