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Haggai 1:15 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 15. 15In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
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Role in This Section
Dates the beginning of work on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month in Darius's second year.
Read It With
- Haggai 1:12–15
Read Haggai 1:12–15 together. Dates the beginning of work on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month in Darius's second year. Obedience, reverence, the messenger's assurance, divine stirring, actual work, and the closing date jointly narrate the response.
Why It Needs Context
This response detail cannot be separated from the whole sequence of hearing, presence, stirring, work, and date. Specifically, dates the beginning of work on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month in Darius's second year.
Read Haggai 1:12–15 together
Why these verses belong together: The community's obedience, the LORD's presence, divine stirring, work, and the closing date form one response report.
Verse 12. 12 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD.
Verse 13. 13 Then spake Haggai the LORD’s messenger in the LORD’s message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD.
Verse 14. 14 And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,
Verse 15. 15 In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Haggai 1:12–15 — The People Obey, the LORD Promises Presence, and Work BeginsSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
The text does not state why twenty-three days elapsed between the first oracle and the work date.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: Haggai 1:12–15, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Haggai
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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2 (commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00), wlc/Hag.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 1:12–15
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