# Haggai 1:11

> I have summoned a drought
on the fields and on the mountains,
on the grain, new wine, and oil,
and on whatever the ground yields,
on man and beast,
and on all the labor of your hands.”

— Haggai 1:11, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- 520 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: 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.

## Who ruled

- **Darius I**, king of Persia, 522-486 BC · Source: Behistun Inscription, written at his order in three languages; Herodotus III

## See also

- Haggai 2:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/2/17
- Deuteronomy 28:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/28/22
- 1 Kings 17:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/17/1
- 2 Kings 8:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/8/1

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/1/11
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).