Haggai 1:3

Then the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying:

Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain

WHEN

520 BC

dated by the text itself

The most precisely dated book in the Bible.

WHO RULED

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

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