Haggai Bible Study Resources

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

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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.

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 Holman Bible Atlas

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