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Haggai and Zerubbabel
How Haggai and Zerubbabel are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Haggai's word reached Zerubbabel.
Haggai brought the Lord's word to Zerubbabel the governor, asking why the people dwelt in "cieled houses" while the Lord's house lay waste. Zerubbabel obeyed, and Haggai's last word said the Lord would make him "as a signet".
came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah
Haggai 1:1, King James Version
obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet
Haggai 1:12, King James Version
will make thee as a signet
Haggai 2:23, King James Version
Where they cross: Haggai 1:1-4
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Haggai 1:1-4
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,
2Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord’s house should be built.
3Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying,
4Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
Haggai 1:12
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.
Haggai 2:23
23In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the Lord, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord of hosts.
King James Version