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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Haggai 1:1-11

It was the complaint of the Jews in Babylon that they saw not their signs, and there was no more prophet (Ps. 74:9), which was a just judgment upon them for mocking and misusing the prophets. We read of no prophets they had in their return, as they had in their coming out of Egypt, Hos. 12:13. God stirred them up immediately by his Spirit to exert themselves in that escape (Ezra 1:5); for, though God makes use of prophets, he needs them not, he can do his work without them. But the lamp of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Haggai 1:1

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 called "the king". This was not Darius the Mede, as Genebrard; who was contemporary with Cyrus, and partner in the kingdom; nor Darius Nothus, as Scaliger, and those that follow him; since the second year of this Darius was, according to Cocceius, who follows this opinion, one hundred and thirty... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Haggai 1:1

In the sixth month - Called Elul by the Hebrews. It was the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year, and the last of the civil year, and answered to a part of our September. Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel - Who was son of Jeconiah, king of Judah, and of the family of David, and exercised the post of a governor among the people, but not over them, for both he and they were under the Persian government; but they were permitted to have Zerubbabel for their own governor, and Joshua for... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Haggai 1:1

Verse 1 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 interest, and had no concern for building the Temple. This happened, he says, in the second year of Darius the king. Interpreters differ as to this time; for they do not agree as to the day or year in which the Babylonian captivity began. Some date the beginning of the seventy years at the ruin... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 1:1

In the second year of Darius the king. This is Darius Hystaspes, who reigned over Persia from B.C. 521 to B.C. 486. He is called in the inscriptions Daryavush, which name means "Holder," or "Supporter." Herodotus (6:98) explains it as "Coercer" ( ἑρξείης ). Hitherto the prophets have dated the time of the exercise of their office from the reigns of the legitimate Hebrew monarchs; it shows a new slate of things when they place at the head of their oracles the name of a foreign and a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 1:1

Divine revelations. I. SELECT THEIR OWN TIMES . These are: 1 . Often unexpected. In the present instance this was probably the case. The band of exiles who, availing themselves of Cyrus's permission ( Ezra 1:3 ), returned to Judah and Jerusalem—nearly 50,000 persons in all ( Ezra 2:64 , Ezra 2:65 ), though Pusey estimates the company of immigrants at 212,000, counting free men, women, children, and slaves—had for sixteen years at least not heard a prophet's voice. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 1:1

The introduction. The Bible student, with a view to the clear understanding of the Old Testament Scriptures, should fix in his mind the order of the prophetical writings. These books of prophecy may appropriately be arranged under three heads. 1 . Those which stand related to the Assyrian period, including the books of Jonah, Joel, Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Micah, and Nahum. 2 . Those connected with the Babylonian period, including Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Ezekiel, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 1:1-2

Duty revealed. "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 to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, "This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord's house should be built." Haggai is the first of the three prophets who lived and taught after the restoration t the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 1:1-6

§ 1. The people are reproved for their indifference with regard to the erection of the temple, and admonished that their present distress is a chastisement for this neglect. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 1:1-15

Part I. THE FIRST ADDRESS : EXHORTATION TO BUILD THE TEMPLE AND ITS RESULT . read more

Haggai 1:1, Haggai 1:12, Haggai 1:14 Niv

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Haggai 1:1-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Haggai 1:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Haggai 1:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Haggai 1:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 1:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 1:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 1:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 1:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 1:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 1:1-15

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