# Haggai 2:14

> Then Haggai replied, “So it is with this people and this nation before Me, declares the LORD, and so it is with every work of their hands; whatever they offer there is defiled.

— Haggai 2:14, 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

- Proverbs 28:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/28/9
- Titus 1:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/titus/1/15
- Proverbs 15:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/15/8
- Isaiah 1:11-15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/1/11
- Haggai 1:4-11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/1/4

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/2/14
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/2
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).