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Haggai and Joshua the son of Josedech
How Haggai and Joshua the son of Josedech are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Haggai's word reached Joshua the son of Josedech.
Haggai's word came to Joshua the high priest along with Zerubbabel, rebuking the delay on the temple. Joshua obeyed, and Haggai later told him to be strong and work.
came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest
Haggai 1:1, King James Version
Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet
Haggai 1:12, King James Version
be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest
Haggai 2:4, King James Version
Where they cross: Haggai 1:12-14
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Haggai 1:1
1In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,
Haggai 1:12-14
12Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the Lord their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the Lord.
13Then spake Haggai the Lord’s messenger in the Lord’s message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the Lord.
14And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the Lord of hosts, their God,
Haggai 2:4
4Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the Lord; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the Lord, and work: for I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts:
King James Version