# Haggai 1:9

> You expected much,
but behold, it amounted to little.
And what you brought home, I blew away.
Why? declares the LORD of Hosts.
Because My house still lies in ruins,
while each of you is busy
with his own house.

— Haggai 1:9, 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

- Haggai 1:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/1/4
- Haggai 2:16-17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/2/16
- Malachi 2:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/malachi/2/2
- Revelation 3:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/3/19
- Psalms 77:5-10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/77/5
- Isaiah 40:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/40/7
- Haggai 1:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/1/6

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/1/9
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).