Haggai 2:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying,

The people, discouraged at the inferiority of this temple to Solomon's, are encouraged, nevertheless, to persevere, because God is with them, and this house, by its connection with Messiah's kingdom, shall have a glory far above that of gold and silver.

In the seventh month - of the Hebrew year; in the second year of Darius' reign (Haggai 1:1); not quite a month after they had begun the work (Haggai 1:15). This prophecy was very little before that of Zechariah.

Haggai 2:1

1 In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD bya the prophet Haggai, saying,