Haggai 2:10
On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Haggai the prophet, saying,
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
- Haggai 2:20 For the second time that day, the twenty-fourth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to Haggai, saying,
- Haggai 1:1 In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of…
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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