On the twenty-fourth of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Haggai the prophet, saying,
Parallel translations
- WEB In the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, Yahweh’s word came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
- KJV 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,
- BSB On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Haggai the prophet, saying,
- NKJV On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
- NLT On December 18 of the second year of King Darius’s reign, the Lord sent this message to the prophet Haggai:
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Two months after the prior message, God's word comes again through Haggai with a teaching about holiness. The Lord continues to instruct His rebuilding people.
Overview
This precisely dated oracle introduces a lesson drawn from the priestly law. God uses the priests' own rulings to teach a spiritual truth about defilement and obedience. The careful dating again grounds the prophecy in concrete history.
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Cross-references · 3
- Hag 2:20Yahweh’s word came the second time to Haggai in the twenty-fourth day of the month, saying,
- Hag 1:1In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, Yahweh’s word came by Haggai, the prophet, to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
- Hag 1:15in the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
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