Haggai 1:1, Haggai 1:12, Haggai 1:14 NIV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Haggai 1:1

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. The earthly type, by God’s appointment, was fading away, that the heavenly truth might dawn. The earthly king was withdrawn, to make way for the heavenly. God had said of Jeconiah Jeremiah 22:30, “No man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling anymore in Israel:”... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Haggai 1:1

Haggai 1:1. 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 day of the month Therefore, about two months before Zechariah received a similar commission, for the word of God came to him in the eighth month of the same year: see Zechariah 1:1. These two prophets were sent to the Jews chiefly, it seems, to exhort them to go on with the rebuilding... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Haggai 1:1-15

THE PROPHECY OF HAGGAIHaggai’s rebuke and its results (1:1-15)The Jews were making excuses for not building the temple, saying that they were suffering a time of personal hardship and enemy opposition. They claimed it was not yet time to begin the work (1:1-2). Yet they could build houses for themselves. In fact, they had taken much of the available timber and used it extravagantly in their own homes, even though timber was in short supply and was needed for the temple (3-4). Because of their... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Haggai 1:1

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. books they nearly always precede it. Compare "king David", "king Hezekiah", &c. sixth month. Elul, our August-September. the first day, &c. Therefore the feast-day or Sabbath of the full moon. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . by = by the hand of. The Hebrew idiom for God speaking... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Haggai 1:1

This chapter contains the the salutation and dating of the prophecy and the first of Haggai's four messages.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 Jehovah by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the High Priest, saying:"FIRST MESSAGE"Darius the king ..." This was Darius the Great of Persia, also called Darius Hystaspes, after the name of his... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Haggai 1:1

Haggai 1:1. 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 Mat 1:12 or the son of Pedaiah, and the grandson of Shealtiel, as it seems we ought to infer from 1Ch 3:18 or, most probably, the son of Pedaiah by nature, and of Salathiel by adoption. He is called the governor, not the king of Judah. See 1Ki 20:24 which is the rather to be observed, as there are some who strangely apply to... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Haggai 1:1

1. second year of Darius—Hystaspes, the king of Medo-Persia, the second of the world empires, Babylon having been overthrown by the Persian Cyrus. The Jews having no king of their own, dated by the reign of the world kings to whom they were subject. Darius was a common name of the Persian kings, as Pharaoh of those of Egypt, and Cæsar of those of Rome. The name in the cuneiform inscriptions at Persepolis is written Daryawus, from the root Darh, "to preserve," the Conservator [LASSEN]. HERODOTUS... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Haggai 1:1

Like Ezekiel, Jonah, and Zechariah, the Book of Haggai contains no formal title. Yahweh sent a message to Zerubbabel ("born in Babylon" or "seed of Babylon," an allusion to his birthplace) and Joshua ("Yahweh saves") through the prophet Haggai, though it went to all the Israelites too (Haggai 1:2; Haggai 1:4). Zerubbabel was the political governor (overseer) of the Persian province of Judah who had led the returnees back to the land (Ezra 2:2; et al.). He was the son of Shealtiel ("I have asked... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Haggai 1:1-6

A. Haggai’s First challenge 1:1-6 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Haggai 1:1-15

A Call to Begin Building the Temple1-11. Haggai repeatedly urges the leaders of Judah and the people to bend their energies to the rebuilding of the ruined Temple (August, 520 b.c.).1. 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... read more