1In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying,
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And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying,
In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,
In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)Here is, I. The date of this message, Hag. 2:1. It was sent on the twenty-first day of the seventh month, when the builders had been about a month at work (since the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month), and had got it in some forwardness. Note, Those that are hearty in the service of God shall receive fresh encouragements from him to proceed in it, as their case calls for them. Set the wheels a…
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