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(KJV) Haggai 1:1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,
THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME / HAGGAI 1:1
King Cyrus of Persia permitted 50,000 exiled Jews to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the city and its temple. (The Jews had been conquered and deported by the Babylonians over a half century earlier.) The former captives returned under the leadership of Zerubbabel as governor and Joshua as the high priest (Ezekiel 1:2-4; 2:64-65; 3:2; 5:1). During the second year of the return (536/535 B.C.), the temple foundation was laid (Ezekiel 3:8-10). However, opposition from neighboring peoples, including the Samaritans stopped the work on the temple (Ezekiel 4:1-5, 24). After a while, the Jewish people turned their focus completely away from spiritual goals and toward their own personal desires and needs. The temple project was neglected for 16 years. Therefore, God sent the prophets Haggai and Zechariah to encourage His people to restart the work on the temple.
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