# Haggai 1:8

> Go up into the hills,
bring down lumber, and build the house,
so that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified,
says the LORD.

— Haggai 1:8, 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

- Psalms 132:13-14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/132/13
- 2 Chronicles 7:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/7/16
- 2 Chronicles 2:8-10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/2/8
- Haggai 2:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/2/7
- Exodus 29:43 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/29/43
- 1 Kings 9:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/9/3
- Ezra 3:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/3/7
- Jonah 3:1-2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jonah/3/1

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/1/8
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).