Haggai 1

Haggai 1
Leningrad Codex (AD. 1008) contains the complete copy of Book of Haggai in Hebrew.
Book Book of Haggai
Bible part Old Testament
Order in the Bible part 37
Category Nevi'im

Haggai 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Haggai in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.[1][2] This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Haggai, and is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets.[3][4]

Text

Textual versions

The whole Book of Haggai in Latin as a part of Codex Gigas, made around 13th century.

Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:

Ancient translations in Koine Greek:

Structure

NKJV groups this chapter (with cross references to other parts of the Bible):

Verse 1

In the second year of King Darius, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord 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,[6]

Cross reference: Ezra 2:2; Ezra 4:24; Ezra 5:1-3; Ezra 6:1; Zechariah 4:6; 1 Chronicles 6:15

  • The date is August 29, 520 BC in current calendar calculation. The prophecies of Haggai are among the most precisely dated in the Old Testament.[7]
  • "Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, was the governor of Jerusalem at that time and the governor of the first group of returning exiles from Babylon (see Ezra 3:2; Nehemiah 7:7).[7]

Verse 15

On the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius.[8]

Based on verse 1, this date would be September 21, 520 BC in current calendar calculation.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Collins 2014.
  2. ↑ Hayes 2015.
  3. ↑ Metzger, Bruce M., et al. The Oxford Companion to the Bible. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
  4. ↑ Keck, Leander E. 1996. The New Interpreter's Bible: Volume: VII. Nashville: Abingdon.
  5. 1 2 3 Dead sea scrolls - Haggai
  6. ↑ Haggai 1:1
  7. 1 2 3 The Nelson Study Bible. Thomas Nelson, Inc. 1997. ISBN 9780840715999. pp. 1514-5.
  8. ↑ Haggai 1:15
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