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Haggai Bible Study Resources

October 12, 2020 By Krisan Marotta

Haggai Bible Study Resources  | WednesdayintheWord.com

Study questions, maps, charts, outlines, and links to help you study the Old Testament book of Haggai.


Jump to: Background; ** Maps; ** Key Words; ** Encyclopedias; ** Commentaries; ** Articles; ** GotQuestions ** Next **


Basics

  • Author: The Prophet Haggai, written in 520 BC while Zerubbabel was governor.
  • Haggai is know only from this book and from Ezra 5:1 and Ezra 6:14.
  • Haggai returned to Jerusalem from Babylon with the remnant that returned with Zerubbabel.
  • Haggai 2:3 may suggest that he had seen the glory of Solomon’s temple before it was destroyed, making him at least 70 years of age when writing his prophecy.
  • Both Haggai and Zechariah urged the people to rebuild the temple.
  • At the time Haggai prophecies it had been 15 years since the initial work on rebuilding the temple had begun.
  • Zerubbabel was an ancestor of both Joseph (Matthew 1:13) and Mary (Luke 3:27).
  • The occasion of each of Haggai’s 4 prophecies is clearly specified (1:1; 2:1; 2:10; 2:20), occurring within a 4 month span in the second year (ca. 520 B.C.) of Persian king Darius (ca. 521–486 B.C.).

Chronology

  • 538 – Zerubbabel and first return of the exiles ( Ezra 1-6).
  • 536 BC – Work on the temple begins (Ezra 3:8).
  • 530-520 BC – Work on the temple stops (Ezra 4:24).
  • 520 BC – Work on the temple resumes (Ezra 5:2).
  • 520 BC – Events of the book of Haggai
  • 520-518 BC – Events of Zechariah 1-8.
  • 516 BC – Work on the temple is completed.

Genre: Understanding Prophecy

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Section 1: Background

Background

  • Introduction to the Prophets
  • Introduction to the Exile & Return
  • Chart: Bible History at a glance
  • Chronology Ezra-Nehemiah
  • Blue Letter Bible: Old Testament Timeline
  • Hebrew Calendar
  • Bible Atlas: Persia
  • Bible Atlas: Babylon
  • Bible Atlas: Jerusalem
  • Minor Prophets Quotes in the NT
  • Ray C Stedman: Overview of the Book
  • John MacArthur: Author, Date, Background
  • BibleHistory.com: List of the Kings of Persia
  • JVernon McGee: Haggai – Introductory Notes, Outlines
  • David Malick (Bible.org): An Introduction to the Book of Haggai
  • ESV: Introduction to Haggai
  • ESV: The Global Message of Haggai
  • NIV: Introduction to the Minor Prophets
  • NIV: An Introduction to Haggai
  • William Orr: Keys to Haggai
  • Arend Remmers: The Prophet Haggai (Overview)
  • Charles Swindoll: The Prophet Haggai
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Section 2: Maps

Maps from Bible-History.com

  • Persia 5th Century BC
  • Persia 6th Century BC
  • Nehemiah’s Jerusalem

ESV Study Bible

  • Chronology of Ezra
  • Adversaries Hinder Work in Ezra
  • Kings of Persia in Ezra–Nehemiah
  • Chronology of Nehemiah
  • Chronology in Esther

Maps from Holman Bible Atlas

The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah

  • The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah (1)
  • The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah (2)
  • The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah (3)
  • The Campaign of Shishak
  • Conflicts between Israel and Aram-Damascus
  • The Omride Dynasty
  • The Golden Ages of the 9th & 8th centuries BCE
  • Phoenician Trade and Civilization
  • Trade Routes throughout the Middle East
  • Elijah and Elisha
  • The Revolt of Jehu
  • The Rise of Assyria
  • Israel & Judah in the days of Jeroboam II and Uzziah
  • The Assyrian Empire under Tiglath-Pileser III
  • Fall of Samaria and Deportation of Israelites
  • The Fall of the Kingdom of Israel
  • Assyrian Districts after the Fall of Samaria
  • Prophets of the 8th Century BCE

Judah Alone amid International Powers

  • Hezekiah’s Preparation for Revolt
  • Judah under King Hezekiah
  • Hezekiah’s Jerusalem
  • Sennacherib’s Campaign against Judah
  • Assyria in the 7th century BCE
  • The Rise of the Neo-Babylonian Empire
  • The Reign of Josiah
  • The Districts of Judah under King Josiah
  • The Golden Age of King Josiah
  • Nebuchadnezzar’s Campaigns against Judah

The Persian Period

  • World Powers of the 6th century BCE
  • The Conquests of Cyrus the Great
  • The Persian Empire
  • The Return of the Jewish Exiles to Judah
  • Judah in the 5th century BCE
  • Palestine after the Exile
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Section 3: Key Words

Key Words

  • LORD (24x) – Strong’s H3068 in Hag 1:1; Hag 1:2; Hag 1:3; Hag 1:5; Hag 1:7; Hag 1:8; Hag 1:9; Hag 1:12; Hag 1:13; Hag 1:14; Hag 2:1; Hag 2:4; Hag 2:6; Hag 2:7; Hag 2:8; Hag 2:9; Hag 2:10; Hag 2:11; Hag 2:14; Hag 2:15; Hag 2:17; Hag 2:18; Hag 2:20; Hag 2:23.
  • hosts (Lord of Hosts; 12x) – Strong’s H6635 in Hag 1:2; Hag 1:5; Hag 1:7; Hag 1:9; Hag 1:14; Hag 2:4; Hag 2:6; Hag 2:7; Hag 2:8; Hag 2:9; Hag 2:11; Hag 2:23.
  • word (of the Lord came; 5x) – Strong’s H1697 in Hag 1:1; Hag 1:3; Hag 2:1; Hag 2:10; Hag 2:20.
  • rebuilt/rebuild (2x) – Strong’s H1129 in Hag 1:2; Hag 1:8.
  • consider (4x) – Strong’s H7760 in Hag 1:5; Hag 1:7; Hag 2:15; Hag 2:18.
  • house (6x) – Strong’s H1004 in Hag 1:2; Hag 1:4; Hag 1:9; Hag 1:14; Hag 2:7; Hag 2:9.
  • temple (4x) – Strong’s H1004 in Hag 1:8; Hag 2:3; Strong’s H1964 in Hag 2:15; Hag 2:18.
  • glory (3x) – Strong’s H3519b in Hag 2:3; Hag 2:7; Hag 2:9.
  • shake (3x) – Strong’s H7493 in Hag 2:6; Hag 2:7; Hag 2:21.
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Section 4: Encyclopedias

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

  • Baker’s Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology: Haggai, Theology Of
  • American Tract Society: Haggai
  • Bridgeway Bible Dictionary: Haggai
  • Easton’s Bible Dictionary: Haggai, Book Of; Haggai
  • Fausset Bible Dictionary: Haggai, the Book Of; Haggai
  • Holman Bible Dictionary: Haggai
  • Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible: Haggai
  • Kitto’s Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature: Haggai
  • Morrish Bible Dictionary: Haggai
  • International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Haggai
  • McClintock and Strong: Haggai, Prophecy Of; Haggai
  • The Nuttall Encyclopedia: Haggai
  • The Jewish Encyclopedia: Haggai, Book Of; Haggai
  • Hitchcock’s Bible names: Haggai means feast; solemnity
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Section 5: Commentaries

Commentaries & Study Bibles

  • Ligionier.org Top 5 Commentaries: Haggai
  • Tim Challies Best Commentaries:
  • Commentary Reviews: Haggai
  • Walter Kaiser – Preacher’s Commentary
  • Calvin’s Commentary on the Bible: Haggai
  • Matthew Henry: Haggai
  • Albert Barnes Notes: Haggai
  • Reformation Study Bible Notes: Haggai
  • Geneva Study Bible: Haggai
  • Precept Austin Commentaries & Sermons: Haggai
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Section 6: Articles

Articles

  • Haggai Master Rhetorician — M.J. Boda
  • The Shaking Of The Nations An Eschatological View — John A. Kessler
  • Literary Connectors And A Haggai-Zechariah-Malachi Corpus — Ronald W. Pierce
  • A Thematic Development Of The Haggai-Zechariah-Malachi Corpus –Ronald W Pierce
  • Impulse And Design In The Book Of Haggai — By Duane L. Christensen
  • The Theological Basis for the Prohibition of Images in the Old Testament – Edward M Curtis
  • Composition, Rhetoric and Theology in Haggai 1:1-11 (Note: Jewish perspective) – Elie Assis
  • The Building of the Second Temple- by J. Stafford Wright
  • Greg Herrick: Conceptions of Davidic Hope in Ezekiel, Zechariah, Haggai, and the Chronicles
  • JHampton Keathley: The Minor Prophets
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Section 7: Got Questions

GotQuestions.org

  • Book of Haggai – Bible Survey
  • Why were the Israelites not rebuilding the temple?
  • Is it wrong to live in nice houses?
  • Does God use frustrations in life to awaken and/or punish us?
  • Who is the desired of all nations?
  • What does it mean that Zerubbabel was the LORD’s signet ring?
  • What was Zerubbabel’s temple/the second temple?
  • What are the Major Prophets and Minor Prophets?
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Section 8: Next

Next: Zechariah

Previous: Zephaniah

Series: Resources by Book

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  1. Dealing with Loss: Lessons from Haggai
  2. Zechariah Bible Study Resources
  3. Ezra Bible Study Resources
  4. Does Spiritual Formation work? Answers from Haggai
  5. Nehemiah Bible Study Resources

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