Atomic Bible

A prophet who encouraged the rebuilding of the temple.

Haggai

Named in 11 verses across 2 books, first in Ezra 5:1.

חַגַּיHaggai

The name means “feast; solemnity.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869

About Haggai Written by AI

Haggai was a prophet who lived in Jerusalem during the post-exilic period, after the Jews had returned from Babylonian captivity. He is mentioned in the book bearing his name and in Ezra 5:1 and Ezra 6:14. Haggai, along with the prophet Zechariah, played a crucial role in encouraging the people to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem, which had been destroyed by the Babylonians. In the second year of King Darius of Persia, Haggai delivered a series of messages to the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel, and the high priest, Joshua, urging them to resume the work on the temple (Haggai 1:1). He confronted the people about their misplaced priorities, as they had focused on building their own houses while neglecting the house of God (Haggai 1:4). Haggai's prophecies also included messages of hope, assuring the people that God would bless them and that the glory of the new temple would surpass that of the former (Haggai 2:9). As a result of Haggai's exhortations, the people obeyed, and the work on the temple resumed (Haggai 1:12 to 15). The temple was eventually completed in the sixth year of King Darius (Ezra 6:14 to 15).

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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897

Festive, one of the twelve so-called minor prophets. He was the first of the three (Zechariah, his contemporary, and Malachi, who was about one hundred years later, being the other two) whose ministry belonged to the period of Jewish history which began after the return from captivity in Babylon. Scarcely anything is known of his personal history. He may have been one of the captives taken to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar. He began his ministry about sixteen years after the Return. The work of rebuilding the temple had been put a stop to through the intrigues of the Samaritans. After having been suspended for fifteen years, the work was resumed through the efforts of Haggai and Zechariah (Ezra 6:14), who by their exhortations roused the people from their lethargy, and induced them to take advantage of the favourable opportunity that had arisen in a change in the policy of the Persian government. (See DARIUS [2].) Haggai’s prophecies have thus been characterized:, “There is a ponderous and simple dignity in the emphatic reiteration addressed alike to every class of the community, prince, priest, and people, ‘Be strong, be strong, be strong’ (2:4). ‘Cleave, stick fast, to the work you have to do;’ or again, ‘Consider your ways, consider, consider, consider’ (1:5, 7;2:15, 18). It is the Hebrew phrase for the endeavour, characteristic of the gifted seers of all times, to compel their hearers to turn the inside of their hearts outwards to their own view, to take the mask from off their consciences, to ‘see life steadily, and to see it wholly.’”, Stanley’s Jewish Church. (See SIGNET.)

M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.

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Where the Bible names him

  1. Ezra 5:1

    Later, the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them.

  2. Ezra 6:14

    So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.

  3. 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

  4. Haggai 1:3

    Then the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying:

  5. Haggai 1:12

    Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the words of the prophet Haggai, because the LORD their God had sent him. So the people feared the LORD.

  6. Haggai 1:13

    Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, delivered the message of the LORD to the people: “I am with you,” declares the LORD.

  7. Haggai 2:1

    On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying:

  8. 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,

  9. Haggai 2:13

    So Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered.

  10. Haggai 2:14

    Then Haggai replied, “So it is with this people and this nation before Me, declares the LORD, and so it is with every work of their hands; whatever they offer there is defiled.

  11. 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,

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