Minor prophets
The book of Haggai
Haggai urges the returned exiles to rebuild the temple, in the second year of Darius.
Haggai’s four messages are each dated to the day, between August and December of the second year of Darius (Haggai 1:1; 2:10, 20). The temple was finished in 515 BC.
Written at: Jerusalem (Haggai 1:1)
Kinds of writing
- Prophecy 100%
Key verses
The latter glory of this house. ‘The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,’ says Yahweh of Armies; ‘and in this place I will give peace,’ says Yahweh of Armies.
Haggai 2:9 (World English Bible)
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Places
On the timeline
Haggai and Zechariah stir the people to buildThe second temple is completed
The New Testament quotes or alludes to Haggai 1 time (counted in the site’s Old in the New).
Dating notes
Dates are firm; the book is one of the best-dated in the Old Testament.