# Haggai 2:23

> On that day,
declares the LORD of Hosts,
I will take you, My servant,
Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,
declares the LORD,
and I will make you like My signet ring,
for I have chosen you,
declares the LORD of Hosts.”

— Haggai 2:23, 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

- Isaiah 43:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/43/10
- Isaiah 42:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/42/1
- Song of Songs 8:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/song-of-songs/8/6
- Jeremiah 22:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/22/24
- Zechariah 4:6-14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/4/6
- Matthew 12:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/12/18
- 1 Peter 2:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-peter/2/4
- John 6:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/6/27

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/2/23
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/2
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).