# Haggai 2:18

> Consider carefully from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider carefully:

— Haggai 2:18, 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

- Zechariah 8:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/8/9
- Ezra 5:1-2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/5/1
- Haggai 2:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/2/15
- Zechariah 8:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/8/12

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/2/18
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/2
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).