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**In the second year.** See note on p. 1276.
**Darius** = Darius (Hystaspis). See App-67 ; and notes on Ezra and Nehemiah.
**the king.** In Aramaic and later books these words follow the name. In the earlier O.T. books they nearly always precede it. Compare "king David", "king Hezekiah", &c.
**sixth month.** Elul, our August-September.
**the first day, &c.** Therefore the feast-day or Sabbath of the full moon.
**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .
**by** = by the hand of. The Hebrew idiom for God speaking "by the prophets". Reference to Pentateuch, where the expression occurs thirteen times ([Exodus 9:35](../../../kjv/exodus/9/35) ; [Exodus 35:29](../../../kjv/exodus/35/29) . [Leviticus 8:36](../../../kjv/leviticus/8/36) ; [Leviticus 10:11](../../../kjv/leviticus/10/11) ; [Leviticus 26:46](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/46) . [Numbers 4:37](../../../kjv/numbers/4/37) , [Numbers 4:45](../../../kjv/numbers/4/45) ; [Numbers 9:23](../../../kjv/numbers/9/23) ; [Numbers 10:13](../../../kjv/numbers/10/13) ; [Numbers 15:23](../../../kjv/numbers/15/23) ; [Numbers 16:40](../../../kjv/numbers/16/40) ; [Numbers 27:23](../../../kjv/numbers/27/23) ; [Numbers 36:13](../../../kjv/numbers/36/13) ). Compare the five occurrences in Joshua ( Hag 14:2 ; Hag 20:2 ; Hag 21:2 , Hag 21:8 ; Hag 22:9 ). [Judges 3:4](../../../kjv/judges/3/4) . [2 Samuel 12:25](../../../kjv/2-samuel/12/25) . 1Ki 8:53 , [1 Kings 8:56](../../../kjv/1-kings/8/56) ; [1 Kings 12:15](../../../kjv/1-kings/12/15) ; 1Ki 14:18 ; [1 Kings 15:29](../../../kjv/1-kings/15/29) ; [1 Kings 16:7](../../../kjv/1-kings/16/7) ; 1Ki 17:16 . [2 Kings 14:25](../../../kjv/2-kings/14/25) . [2 Chronicles 10:15](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/10/15) ; [2 Chronicles 23:18](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/23/18) ; [2 Chronicles 29:25](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/29/25) .[Nehemiah 9:14](../../../kjv/nehemiah/9/14) .[Isaiah 20:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/20/2) .[Jeremiah 37:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/37/2) , &c.
**Haggai.** Hebrew. *Haggai* from *Hag* = feast, or festival.
**Zerubbabel.** Hebrew = sown in Babylon; because he was of the royal seed of Judah born (or seed sown) in Babylon. Compare [1 Chronicles 3:19](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/3/19) . [Ezra 2:2](../../../kjv/ezra/2/2) ; [Ezra 3:2](../../../kjv/ezra/3/2) . See App-99 .
**son.** Put by Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Genus), App-6 , for grandson.
**Shealtiel.** Hebrew = asked for from God. The son of Jeconiah (= Jehoiachin), who was taken captive to Babylon ([2 Kings 24:15](../../../kjv/2-kings/24/15) . [1 Chronicles 3:17](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/3/17) ). Compare [Ezra 3:2](../../../kjv/ezra/3/2) , [Ezra 3:8](../../../kjv/ezra/3/8) ; [Ezra 5:2](../../../kjv/ezra/5/2) .[Nehemiah 12:1](../../../kjv/nehemiah/12/1) .[Matthew 1:12](../../../kjv/matthew/1/12) .[Luke 3:27](../../../kjv/luke/3/27) . See App-99 .
**governor.** Ruling Judea as a Persian province, with a Persian title *pechah,* from which we have the modern *pasha* = prefect, or satrap.
**Joshua.** The first high priest after the return. See [Haggai 1:12](../../../kjv/haggai/1/12) , [Haggai 1:14](../../../kjv/haggai/1/14) ; [Haggai 2:2](../../../kjv/haggai/2/2) , [Haggai 2:4](../../../kjv/haggai/2/4) .[Zechariah 3:1](../../../kjv/zechariah/3/1) , [Zechariah 3:3](../../../kjv/zechariah/3/3) , [Zechariah 3:8](../../../kjv/zechariah/3/8) , [Zechariah 3:9](../../../kjv/zechariah/3/9) ; [Zechariah 6:11](../../../kjv/zechariah/6/11) . Spelled "Josuah" in the 1611 edition of the Authorized Version.
**Josedech.** Hebrew = Jehovah is righteous.

**the LORD of hosts.** See note on [1 Samuel 1:3](../../../kjv/1-samuel/1/3) .
**This People.** Not Zerubbabel or Joshua.
**time.** Repeated here and in [Haggai 1:4](../../../kjv/haggai/1/4) for emphasis.
**not.** Septuagint reads "not yet".

**you, O ye** . Hebrew Figure of speech *Epizeuxis* ( App-6 ), for emphasis = you, even you, or that ye yourselves.
**ceiled** = panelled. Used of the lining of an arched roof. Occurs in 1Ki 6:9 ; [1 Kings 7:3](../../../kjv/1-kings/7/3) , [1 Kings 7:7](../../../kjv/1-kings/7/7) . [Jeremiah 22:14](../../../kjv/jeremiah/22/14) . Showing that their houses were not only roofed, but wainscotted or decorated. Hebrew = "in your houses [and that too] panelled". Compare David ([2 Samuel 7:2](../../../kjv/2-samuel/7/2) .[Psalms 132:3](../../../kjv/psalms/132/3); [Psalms 132:3](../../../kjv/psalms/132/3) ). This proves that the Temple had not then been commenced. Compare [Haggai 1:9](../../../kjv/haggai/1/9) . See notes on [Nehemiah 7:4](../../../kjv/nehemiah/7/4) , and longer note on [Nehemiah 2:1](../../../kjv/nehemiah/2/1) , [Nehemiah 5:14](../../../kjv/nehemiah/5/14) , [Nehemiah 13:4](../../../kjv/nehemiah/13/4) . Also App-58 .

**Consider** = Set your heart on, or give your attention to. Occurs five times m this hook ([Haggai 1:5](../../../kjv/haggai/1/5) , [Haggai 1:7](../../../kjv/haggai/1/7) ; [Haggai 2:15](../../../kjv/haggai/2/15) , [Haggai 2:18](../../../kjv/haggai/2/18) , [Haggai 2:18](../../../kjv/haggai/2/18) ). Compare [Job 1:8](../../../kjv/job/1/8) ; [Job 2:3](../../../kjv/job/2/3) .[Isaiah 41:22](../../../kjv/isaiah/41/22) .
**your ways:** i.e. the ways in which ye have been led, your experiences which are detailed in the next verse.

**Ye have sown, &c** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 28:38](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/38) , [Deuteronomy 28:39](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/39) ). App-92 .
**have not enough** = are not satisfied. Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 26:26](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/26) ). App-92 .

**mountain** = hill country.
**take pleasure** = he pleased therewith.
**I will be glorified** = I will get Me honour. Hebrew text has *'ekkabda.* This is one in a list of twenty-nine words which are without the letter *He* (= H) at the end (see Ginshurg's *Massorah,* vol. I, p. 281). App-30 . This letter = five ( App-10 ), and later Talmudists regard it as betokening the fact that five things were lacking in the second Temple, viz.: (1) the ark; (2) the sacred fire; (3) the Shekinah; (4) the Urim and Thummim; and (5) the spirit of prophecy. This list is to safeguard ( App-93 ) the other occurrences of the word, which have this letter at the end, among them being [Exodus 14:4](../../../kjv/exodus/14/4) , [Exodus 14:17](../../../kjv/exodus/14/17) . These constitute a reference to Pent, with [Leviticus 10:3](../../../kjv/leviticus/10/3) (which, like [Haggai 1:8](../../../kjv/haggai/1/8) , is without the). App-92 .
**saith the LORD** = hath said Jehovah.

**saith the LORD of hosts** = [is] the oracle of Jehovah Sabaioth.

**the heaven, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 26:19](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/19) . [Deuteronomy 28:23](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/23) ). App-92 .
**dew.** See note on [Psalms 133:3](../../../kjv/psalms/133/3) .
**and.** Note the Figure of speech *Polysyndeton* ( App-6 ), emphasizing each item which is particularized here, and in [Haggai 1:11](../../../kjv/haggai/1/11) .

**new wine.** Hebrew. *tirosh.* App-27 .
**that which.** Some codices, with Aram, and Syriac, read "all which".

**the remnant:** which had returned from Babylon. Compare [Haggai 1:14](../../../kjv/haggai/1/14) ; [Haggai 2:2](../../../kjv/haggai/2/2) , &c.
**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 .
**as** = according as. Some codices, with a special various reading called *Sevir* ( App-34 ), one early printed edition, and Syriac, read "with which".
**sent him.** Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulg, read "sent him unto them". Compare [Jeremiah 43:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/43/1) .

**the LORD'Smessenger, &c.** = the messenger of Jehovah in the message of Jehovah.
**message.** Hebrew word Occurs only here.

**spirit.** Hebrew. *ruach.* App-9 . Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), App-6 , for the state of mind and feeling, &c. Compare [1 Chronicles 5:26](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/5/26) . 2Ch 21:16 ; [2 Chronicles 36:22](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/36/22) (= [Ezra 1:1](../../../kjv/ezra/1/1) ). [Jeremiah 51:11](../../../kjv/jeremiah/51/11) .
**they came.** See [Ezra 3:1](../../../kjv/ezra/3/1) , &c.

**In the, &c.** This reads on from [Haggai 1:14](../../../kjv/haggai/1/14) , giving the date when Haggai's message took effect about three weeks later. It is not the commencement of another message, as some have supposed. See note on p. 1276.

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