Darius the king] This was unquestionably Hystaspes, who was raised to the Persian throne after the death of the impostor, Smerdis.
Sixth month] the 6th of the Jewish year, i.e. the month Elul (August-September).
Zerubbabel] A prince of the royal line of Judah, and the accepted civil leader of the people, just as Joshua was the religious leader. He ruled Judah as a Persian province.
THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET HAGGAI _Chronological Notes relative to this book_ -Year from the Creation, according to Archbishop Usher, 3484. -Year of the Julian Period, 4194. -Year since the flood, 18...
IN THE SECOND YEAR OF DARIUS - , i. e., Hystaspis. The very first word of prophecy after the captivity betokens that they were restored, not yet as before, yet so, as to be hereafter, more than before...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS CHAPTER 1:1-11 Haggai's First Address _ 1. The introduction (Habakkuk 1:1) _ 2. The reproof (Habakkuk 1:2) 3. Consider your ways (Habakkuk 1:7)...
THE GIST OF HAGGAI'S SERMON ON SEP. 1, 520 B.C. Haggai 1:1 and similar verses are the work of the editor, probably one of Haggai's disciples who first wrote down an account of the prophet's teaching....
IN THE SECOND YEAR. See note on p. 1276. DARIUS. Darius (Hystaspis). See App-67. and notes on Ezra and Nehemiah. THE KING. In Aramaic and later books these words follow the name. In the earlier O.T....
Haggai 1:1-11. The First Prophecy 1. _Darius the king_ Lit., DARYAVESH. "_Daryavesh_is a more accurate transcript of the name of the Persian kings than Δαρεῖος (Darius). Darius calls himself in his d...
_GREED HAS AWFUL EFFECTS -- HAGGAI 1:1-6:_ If we are greedy for things it takes us away from God. Greed also leads to pride. Greed caused the people to push God down to a place of lesser importance in...
ZERUBBABEL THE SON OF SHEALTIEL— Zerubbabel was of the family of David, the grandson of Jechoniah, and the son of Shealtiel, as he is said to be here, and in Matthew 1:12 or the son of Pedaiah, and th...
CHAPTER XXIV EXPOSITION OF HAGGAI THE FIRST MESSAGE. Haggai 1:1-15 RV. In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of Jehovah by Haggai th...
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...
1:1 (f-0) * (The title of this Book, 'Haggai'), Said to mean 'Festive' or 'Festival of Jehovah.' Darius (g-6) Darius Hystaspes. see Zechariah 1:1 ; Ezra 4:24 . by (h-25) Lit. 'by the hand of,' as ofte...
NEVER *GIVE UP! HAGGAI _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE STORY OF HAGGAI The *Jews did not obey God. He sent them into exile. This was 587 B.C. (B.C. means years Before Christ came to earth.) Exile means t...
(1-11) _The First Utterance. — The_ neglect of God’s House denounced, and declared to be the cause of the prevalent dearth. (1) DARIUS THE KING. — _Scil.,_ Darius I., son of Hystaspes, who became king...
בִּ שְׁנַ֤ת שְׁתַּ֨יִם֙ לְ דָרְיָ֣וֶשׁ הַ מֶּ
HAGGAI AND THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE Haggai 1:1; Haggai 2:1 WE have seen that the most probable solution of the problems presented to us by the inadequate and confused records of the time is that a...
SELFISH AND SHORTSIGHTED THRIFT Haggai 1:1-11 Zerubbabel is the Sheshbazzar of Ezra 1:8. He was of the royal line, and appointed governor by Cyrus. Josedech was son of Seraiah, high priest when Jeru...
The prophet Haggai delivered his first message on the first day of the sixth month in the second year of the reign of Darius. It was addressed especially to those in authority. The people were excusin...
In the second year of (a) 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 (b) Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Juda...
Darius Hystaspes. (Calmet) --- When the Jews had no king, the prophets dated from the reign of the monarch on whom they were dependent. (Theodoret) --- Sixth; Elul, the last of the civil year, corresp...
CONTENTS In this Chapter Haggai reproves the people's negligence, and incites them to the building of the Temple, and God promiseth his assistance therein....
"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...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. The prophet Haggai is the first of those who followed the captivity. There is great simplicity in his testimony. Nevertheless we shall find the Spirit of Chr...
The Prophet mentions here the year, the month, and the day in which he began to rouse up the people from their sloth and idleness, by the command of God; for every one studied his own domestic interes...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 AND 2. The last three prophets prophesied after the Babylonish captivity. God, as we have seen in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, brought back a small remna...
IN THE SECOND YEAR OF DARIUS THE KING,.... That is, of Persia; he is spoken of as if he was the only king in the world; and indeed he was the then greatest king in it; and therefore is emphatically ca...
_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...
_In the second year of Darius_ Namely, the son of Hystaspes, king of Persia. Blair places the second year of his reign five hundred and twenty years before Christ. _In the sixth month, in the first da...
THE INDIFFERENCE OF THE PEOPLE REBUKED. When the exiles, under the leadership of Zerubbabel and Joshua, had returned to Jerusalem, they had begun the work of rebuilding the Temple with great eagerness...
In the second year of Darius, the king, the year 520 B. C. IN THE SIXTH MONTH, that is, of the Jewish year, corresponding roughly to our September, IN THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH, CAME THE WORD OF THE...
BY HAGGAI: _ Heb._ by the hand of Haggai GOVERNOR: Or, captain...
1-11 Observe the sin of the Jews, after their return from captivity in Babylon. Those employed for God may be driven from their work by a storm, yet they must go back to it. They did not say that the...
HAGGAI CHAPTER 1 The time when Haggai prophesied, HAGGAI 1:1 . Haggai reproveth the people's delay in building the temple, HAGGAI 1:2 . He inciteth them to set about it, HAGGAI 1:7 . He promiseth them...
Haggai 1:1 second H8147 year H8141 King H4428 Darius H1867 sixth H8345 month H2320 first H259 day H3117 month...
INTRODUCTION. Haggai 1:1 ‘In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of YHWH by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, g...
SIXTH MONTH That is, September, also (Haggai 1:15)....
Haggai 1:1. _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...
The subject is the building of the second temple. The people had been busily employed in building their own houses some of them had gone to great expense and much labour upon these houses, but they ha...
CONTENTS: Jehovah's chastening because of the interrupted work on His house. The work on the temple recommenced. CHARACTERS: God, Darius, Haggai, Zerubbabel, Joshua. CONCLUSION: Those are strangers t...
Haggai 1:1. _Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, the governor,_ or Pacha, _of_ _Judah._ King Jeconiah was father of Salathiel, as the word is written in 1 Chronicles 3:17; and Pedaiah was father of Zerub...
_Came the Word of the Lord by Haggai._ DUTY REVEALED The grail subject of the whole chapter is duty. Duty revealed, duty postponed, duty vindicated These two verses direct us to the revelation of du...
HAGGAI 1:1 Introduction: Reluctant Rebuilders. The major problem that the book addresses is that the temple is in ruins and the people are doing nothing about it. ⇐...
CRITICAL NOTES.] BY] Lit. in the hand of Haggai, the prophet, merely a conscious medium; God the real speaker (cf. Acts 7:35; Galatians 3:19). GOVERNOR] _Pechah_, akin to the Turkish _Pasha_, one who...
EXPOSITION HAGGAI 1:1 Part I. THE FIRST ADDRESS: EXHORTATION TO BUILD THE TEMPLE AND ITS RESULT....
Haggai Then we go to Haggai who prophesied in the second year of Darius the king. This is not the Darius of Daniel's fame who was the Persian general when Babylon fell, but this is a Darius who came a...
1 Chronicles 3:17; 1 Chronicles 3:19; 1 Chronicles 6:14; 1 Chronicles 6:15;...
A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF HAGGAI _ Haggai_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS The book of Haggi opens with the building of the Lord's house. In this the Lord's people had lagged behind. The second chapter is a great pr...
Son — Adoptive son to Shealtiel, being of the royal line, but by nature, son of Pedaiah. Governor — Appointed to this by the Persian king, over the remnant returned out of Babylon. Joshua — A type of...