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Blessings Promised for Obedience

10 On December 18[a] of the second year of King Darius’s reign, the Lord sent this message to the prophet Haggai:

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Footnotes

  1. 2:10 Hebrew On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar (similarly in 2:18). This event occurred on December 18, 520 B.c.; also see note on 1:1a.

Promises for Zerubbabel

20 On that same day, December 18,[a] the Lord sent this second message to Haggai:

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Footnotes

  1. 2:20 Hebrew On the twenty-fourth day of the [ninth] month; see note on 2:10.

A Call to Rebuild the Temple

On August 29[a] of the second year of King Darius’s reign, the Lord gave a message through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Jeshua[b] son of Jehozadak, the high priest.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:1a Hebrew On the first day of the sixth month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. A number of dates in Haggai can be cross-checked with dates in surviving Persian records and related accurately to our modern calendar. This event occurred on August 29, 520 B.c.
  2. 1:1b Hebrew Joshua, a variant spelling of Jeshua; also in 1:12, 14.

15 on September 21[a] of the second year of King Darius’s reign.

The New Temple’s Diminished Splendor

Then on October 17 of that same year,[b] the Lord sent another message through the prophet Haggai.

Footnotes

  1. 1:15 Hebrew on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. This event occurred on September 21, 520 B.c.; also see note on 1:1a.
  2. 2:1 Hebrew on the twenty-first day of the seventh month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. This event (in the second year of Darius’s reign) occurred on October 17, 520 B.c.; also see note on 1:1a.

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