Haggai 2:16

2:16 From that time ¹  when one came expecting a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten; when one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty measures from it, there were only twenty.

Haggai 1:15

1:15 This took place on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month of King Darius’ second year. ² 

Haggai 2:20

Zerubbabel the Chosen One

2:20 Then the Lord spoke again to Haggai ³  on the twenty-fourth day of the month: ⁴ 

Haggai 2:1

The Glory to Come

2:1 On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, ⁵  the Lord spoke again through the prophet Haggai: ⁶ 

Haggai 2:10

The Promised Blessing

2:10 On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month of Darius’ second year, ⁷  the Lord spoke again to the prophet Haggai: ⁸ 

Haggai 2:18

2:18 ‘Think carefully about the past: ⁹  from today, the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, ¹⁰  to the day work on the temple of the Lord was resumed, ¹¹  think about it. ¹² 

[2:16]  ¹ tn Heb “from their being,” idiomatic for “from the time they were then,” or “since the time.” Cf. KJV “Since those days were.”

[1:15]  ² sn The twenty-fourth day of the sixth month of King Darius’ second year was September 21, 520 b.c., twenty-three days after the original command by Haggai to rebuild (1:1). The text does not state the reason for the delay, but it may have resulted from the pressing need to bring in the late summer harvest.

[2:20]  ³ tn Heb “and the word of the Lord came a second time to Haggai.” This Hebrew expression is like the one in 2:10 and is slightly different from the one in 1:1, 3; 2:1.

[2:20]  ⁴ sn Again, the twenty-fourth day of the month was Kislev 24 or December 18, 520 b.c. See v. 10.

[2:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “In the seventh [month], on the twenty-first day of the month.”

[2:1]  ⁵ tc Heb “the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying.” The MT has בְּיַד (bÿyad, “by the hand of” = “through” [so NAB, NIV, NLT] as in 1:1, 3); the Murabba’at Dead Sea text reads אֶל (’el, “to”), perhaps because the following command is given to the prophet.

[2:10]  ⁵ sn The twenty-fourth day of the ninth month of Darius’ second year was Kislev 24 or December 18, 520 b.c.

[2:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “the word of the Lord came to Haggai the prophet, saying.” This Hebrew expression is slightly different from the one in 1:1, 3; 2:1.

[2:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “set your heart.” A similar expression occurs in v. 15.

[2:18]  ⁷ sn The twenty-fourth day of the ninth month was Kislev 24 or December 18, 520. See v. 10. Here the reference is to “today,” the day the oracle is being delivered.

[2:18]  ⁸ sn The day work…was resumed. This does not refer to the initial founding of the Jerusalem temple in 536 b.c. but to the renewal of construction three months earlier (see 1:15). This is clear from the situation described in v. 19 which accords with the food scarcities of that time already detailed in Hag 1:10-11.

[2:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “set your heart.” A similar expression occurs in v. 15 and at the beginning of this verse.