# 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.’”

— Haggai 1:2, 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

- Ezra 4:23–5:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/4/23
- Nehemiah 4:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/4/10
- Ecclesiastes 9:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/9/10

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/1/2
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).