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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"
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# Darius ... Haggai ... Zerubbabel ... Shealtiel ... Joshua ... Jozadak
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These are all names of men.
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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.
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# the word of Yahweh came
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"Yawheh spoke this message". This introduces a special message from God.
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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.
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# by the hand of Haggai
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"through Haggai". Yahweh used Haggai as the agent to deliver his command