# Haggai 2:22

> I will overturn royal thrones
and destroy the power
of the kingdoms of the nations.
I will overturn chariots and their riders;
horses and their riders will fall,
each by the sword of his brother.

— Haggai 2:22, 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

- Micah 5:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/micah/5/10
- Judges 7:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/judges/7/22
- Psalms 46:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/46/9
- Ezekiel 39:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/39/20
- Micah 5:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/micah/5/15
- Zephaniah 3:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zephaniah/3/8
- Zechariah 4:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/4/6
- Zechariah 10:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/10/11

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/2/22
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/2
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).