Read Haggai 1.1-15a. In 1.1-15a: The charge to rebuild the Temple. Haggai's first speech directs those who have returned to Jerusalem from exile to begin reconstruction of the Temple. In verse 1: King Darius (522-486) is the third monarch of the Persian empire, of which Judah became a province when the Persian king Cyrus conquered Babylon in 538 BCE. The second year of Darius' reign in 520 BCE Zerubbabel, grandson of Jehoiachin ("Jeconiah"; 1 Chr 3.16-19), the king of Judah exiled to Babylon in 597 BCE (2 Kings 24.8-17; 25.27-30), had returned to Judah with other exiles (Ezra 2.1-2). Joshua's grandfather Seriah, chief priest of Jerusalem, was killed when Jerusalem was conquered by the Babylonians (2 King 25.18-21), and Joshua's father Jehozadak, was deported to Babylon (1 Chr 6.14-15). In verse 12: The remnant of the people refers to those who had returned to Judah from Babylonian exile (Jer 43.5). Comments or Questions...
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