Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.
A.M.
Haggai 1:1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the …
etc.
Zechariah
Zechariah 1:1 In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word …
etc.
the son of Iddo (That is, 'the grandson of Iddo;' for Zechariah was the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo.)
in the name
Micah 5:4 And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty …
Haggai 1:2-8 Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time …
Zechariah 1:3,4 Therefore say you to them, Thus said the LORD of hosts; Turn you …
Zechariah 4:6-10 Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, This is the word of the …
Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them.
rose up
Ezra 3:2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothers the priests, …
Haggai 1:12-15 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, …
Jeshua
Zechariah 6:11 Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them on the head …
Joshua, Josedech. the prophets
Ezra 6:14 And the elders of the Jews built, and they prospered through the …
Haggai 2:4-9,20-23 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, said the LORD; and be strong, O …
Zechariah 3:1-4:14 And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel …
2 Corinthians 1:24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of …
At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall?
Tatnai (Tatnai was governor of the provinces which belonged to the Persian empire west of the Euphrates, comprehending Syria, Arabia Deserta, Phoenicia, and Samaria. He seems to have been a mild and judicious man, and to have acted with great prudence and caution, and without any passion or prejudice.)
Ezra 5:6 The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, …
Ezra 6:6,13 Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, …
Ezra 7:21 And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers …
Nehemiah 2:7-9 Moreover I said to the king, If it please the king, let letters be …
Who hath commanded you
Ezra 5:9 Then asked we those elders, and said to them thus, Who commanded …
Ezra 1:3 Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and …
Matthew 21:23 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders …
Acts 4:7 And when they had set them in the middle, they asked, By what power, …
Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?
But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter.
The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:
They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace.
wherein. Chal. in the midst whereof. all peace
Ezra 4:17 Then sent the king an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai …
Daniel 3:9 They spoke and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.
Daniel 4:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all people, nations, and languages, that …
Daniel 6:21 Then said Daniel to the king, O king, live for ever.
John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you: not as the world …
2 Thessalonians 3:16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. …
Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.
the province
Ezra 2:1 Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the …
Nehemiah 7:6 These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, …
Nehemiah 11:3 Now these are the chief of the province that dwelled in Jerusalem…
Esther 1:1,22 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus …
the great God
Ezra 1:2,3 Thus said Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven has given …
Ezra 6:10 That they may offer sacrifices of sweet smells to the God of heaven, …
Ezra 7:23 Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently …
Deuteronomy 10:17 For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great …
Deuteronomy 32:31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
Psalm 145:3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
Daniel 2:47 The king answered to Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your …
Daniel 3:26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, …
Daniel 4:2,34-37 I thought it good to show the signs and wonders that the high God …
Daniel 6:26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble …
great stones. Chal. stones of rolling
Mark 13:1,2 And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, …
Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?
We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.
And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.
We are
Joshua 24:15 And if it seem evil to you to serve the LORD, choose you this day …
Psalm 119:46 I will speak of your testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
Daniel 3:26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, …
Jonah 1:9 And he said to them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God …
Matthew 10:32 Whoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess …
Luke 12:8 Also I say to you, Whoever shall confess me before men, him shall …
Acts 27:23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power …
Romans 6:16 Know you not, that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey, …
Galatians 6:14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord …
which a great
1 Kings 6:1-7:51 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after …
2 Chronicles 3:1-5:14 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in …
But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.
A.M.
2 Kings 21:12-15 Therefore thus said the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing …
2 Chronicles 34:24,25 Thus said the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil on this place, and …
2 Chronicles 36:16,17 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and …
Nehemiah 9:26,27 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against you, and …
Isaiah 59:1,2 Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither …
Jeremiah 5:29 Shall I not visit for these things? said the LORD: shall not my soul …
Daniel 9:5 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, …
he gave
Deuteronomy 28:15 But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen to the voice of …
Deuteronomy 29:24-28 Even all nations shall say, Why has the LORD done thus to this land? …
Deuteronomy 31:17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will …
Deuteronomy 32:30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, …
Judges 2:14 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered …
Judges 4:2 And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that …
Judges 6:1 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and …
1 Kings 9:6-9 But if you shall at all turn from following me, you or your children…
2 Chronicles 7:19-22 But if you turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, …
Psalm 106:40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, so …
into the hand
2 Kings 24:2,10 And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of …
2 Kings 25:1,8-11 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth …
2 Chronicles 36:6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him …
Jeremiah 39:1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, …
Daniel 1:1,2 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar …
But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;
the vessels
Ezra 1:7-10 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the …
Ezra 6:5 And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which …
2 Chronicles 36:7,18 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD …
Jeremiah 52:19 And the basins, and the fire pans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, …
Daniel 5:2,3 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine…
the king
Ezra 7:27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which has put such a thing …
Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: …
Sheshbazzar
Ezra 5:16 Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house …
Ezra 1:11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred…
whom
Haggai 1:1,14 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the …
Haggai 2:2,21 Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, …
governor. or, deputy
Acts 13:7,8,12 Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent …
And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place.
Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished.
Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.
