Haggai 1:2
that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’”
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
- Ezra 4:23–5:2 When the text of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their associates, they went immediately to the Jews in Jerusalem and forcibly stopped…
- Nehemiah 4:10 Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: “The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never be able to rebuild the wall.”
- Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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