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# In the second year of Darius the king
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"In the second year of the reign of Darius the king" or "After Darius had been king for more than a year" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-ordinal]])
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# Darius ... Haggai ... Zerubbabel ... Shealtiel ... Joshua ... Jozadak
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These are all names of men. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])
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# in the sixth month, on the first day of the month
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"on the first day of the sixth month." This is the sixth month of the Hebrew calendar. The first day is near the middle of August on Western calendars. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-hebrewmonths]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-ordinal]])
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# the word of Yahweh came
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This idiom is used to introduce a special message from God. Alternate translation: "Yahweh gave a message" or "Yawheh spoke this message" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# Yahweh
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This is the name of God that he revealed to his people in the Old Testament. See the translationWord page about Yahweh concerning how to translate this.
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# by the hand of Haggai
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Here the word "hand" refers to Haggai himself. Yahweh used Haggai as the agent to deliver his command. See how you translated this in [Haggai 1:1](../01/01.md). Alternate translation: "through Haggai" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
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