# Haggai 2:16

> from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty.

— Haggai 2:16, 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 1:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/1/6
- Proverbs 3:9-10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/3/9

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/2/16
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/2
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