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The Lord's Command to Rebuild the Temple

(A)During the second year that Darius was emperor of Persia, on the first day of the sixth month, the Lord spoke through the prophet Haggai. The message was for the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and for the High Priest, Joshua son of Jehozadak.

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The People Obey the Lord's Command

12 Then Zerubbabel and Joshua and all the people who had returned from the exile[a] in Babylonia, did what the Lord their God told them to do. They were afraid and obeyed the prophet Haggai, the Lord's messenger.

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Footnotes

  1. Haggai 1:12 who had returned from the exile; or who had not gone into exile.

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