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Haggai 2:10
On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Haggai the prophet, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month in the second year of Darius, the text records that the word of the LORD came to the prophet Haggai. This oracle arrives immediately after the promise concerning the temple's future glory and directly precedes a command to consult the priests.
The words — The Hebrew phrase דְּבַר־ (de.var-) renders literally as "the word of," functioning as a technical marker for prophetic speech. The text uses it to introduce the divine message that will instruct Haggai to request a priestly ruling.
The thread — This specific calendar date reappears in Haggai 1:15 when the people resume temple work on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, and again in Haggai 2:20 when a second oracle is delivered on the same day of the ninth month. The dating structure also mirrors Haggai 1:1, which anchors the first oracle to the first day of the sixth month.
Why it lands — The verse fixes prophetic revelation to a precise historical moment, requiring the reader to recognize divine speech as bound to concrete time and authority. It demands that attention remain on the sequence of commands and their textual placement rather than on abstract theological speculation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying,
Cross-references
- Haggai 2:20 For the second time that day, the twenty-fourth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to Haggai, saying,
- Haggai 1:1 In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, stating
- Haggai 1:15 on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius.