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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 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

ESV Study Bible Maps

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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

Biblehub Commentaries: Haggai

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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