# Haggai 1:12

> Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the words of the prophet Haggai, because the LORD their God had sent him. So the people feared the LORD.

— Haggai 1:12, 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

- Isaiah 50:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/50/10
- Ezra 5:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/5/2
- Psalms 112:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/112/1
- Haggai 1:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/1/14
- Proverbs 1:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/1/7
- Ecclesiastes 12:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/12/13
- Genesis 22:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/22/12
- Haggai 1:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/1/1

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/1/12
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).