# Haggai 1:5

> Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says:
“Consider carefully your ways.

— Haggai 1:5, 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

- Lamentations 3:40 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/3/40
- 2 Corinthians 13:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-corinthians/13/5
- Haggai 2:15-18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/2/15
- Haggai 1:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/1/7
- Luke 15:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/15/17

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/1/5
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).