Haggai 1:5
Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.
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
- Lamentations 3:40 Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.
- 2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can’t you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you actually fail the test?
- Haggai 2:15-18 Now consider carefully from this day forward: Before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD, …
- Haggai 1:7 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.
- Luke 15:17 Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food? But here I am, starving to death!
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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