Malachi Bible Study Resources

Study questions, maps, charts, key words, history, background, outlines, and links to help you study the Old Testament book of Malachi.

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Basics

• Author: Prophet Malachi
• Date: Most likely during Nehemiah’s return to Persia (c. 433-424 BC).
• Malachi marks the beginning of God’s 400 years of silence broken by John the Baptist.

Genre: Understanding Prophecy

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
• Jensen’s Survey of the Old Testament
• Bible Atlas: Persia
• Bible Atlas: Babylon
• Bible Atlas: Babylonia
• Bible Atlas: Jerusalem
• Hebrew Calendar
• Timeline of the Babylonian Captivity
• Minor Prophets Quotes in the NT
• BibleHistory.com: List of the Kings of Persia
• Ray C Stedman: Overview of the Book
• John MaArthur Overview
• ESV: Introduction to Malachi
• ESV: The Global Message of Malachi
• NIV: Introduction to the Minor Prophets
• NIV: Introduction to Malachi
• James van Dine: Analysis of Malachi 
• David Malick: An Introduction to the Book of Malachi
• David Malik (Bible.org): An Argument of the Book of Malachi
• JVernon McGee: Malachi – Introductory Notes, Outlines
• Charles Swindoll: Malachi Overview
• William Orr: Keys to Malachi

Section 2: Maps

Maps from Bible-History.com

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

Maps from Studylight.org

• 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

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

Section 3: Key Words

Key Words

• Lord (39x) – Lord of Hosts
• “But/yet you say” Mal 1:2; Mal 1:6; Mal 1:7; Mal 2:14; Mal 2:17; Mal 3:7; Mal 3:8; Mal 3:13.
• day (5x; that day, day is coming) – Strong’s H3117 in Mal 3:2; Mal 3:17; Mal 4:1; Mal 4:3; Mal 4:5.
• return (4x/2v) – Strong’s H7724 in Mal 1:4; Mal 3:7.
• messenger (3x/2v) – Strong’s H4397 in Mal 2:7; Mal 3:1
• curse (4x3v) – Strong’s H3994 in Mal 2:2; Mal 3:9; Strong’s H779 in Mal 2:2; Strong’s H2764a in Mal 4:6.
• name (7x) – Strong’s H8034 in Mal 1:6; Mal 1:11; Mal 1:14; Mal 2:2; Mal 2:5; Mal 3:16; Mal 4:2.
• test (2x) – Strong’s H974 in Mal 3:10; Mal 3:15.

Section 4: Encyclopedias

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

• Baker’s Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology: Malachi, theology of
• American Tract Society Malachi
• Bridgeway Bible Dictionary Malachi
• Fausset Bible Dictionary Malachi
• Holman Bible Dictionary Malachi
• Hitchcock Bible Names Malachi
• Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Malachi
• Morrish Bible Dictionary Malachi
• Hawker’s Poor Man’s Dictionary Malachi
• People’s Dictionary of the Bible Malachi
• Watson’s Theological Dictionary Malachi
• 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica Malachi
• International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Malachi
• Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia Malachi
• McClintock and Strong’s Bible Encyclopedia Malachi
• The Nuttall Encyclopedia Malachi
• Easton’s Bible Dictionary Malachi

Section 5: Commentaries

Commentaries & Study Bibles

• Ligionier.org Top 5 Commentaries: Malachi
• Tim Challies Best Commentaries:
• Commentary Reviews: Malachi
• Walter Kaiser – Malachi – God’s Unchanging Love
• Calvin’s Commentary on the Bible: Malachi
• Matthew Henry: Malachi
• Albert Barnes Notes: Malachi
• Reformation Study Bible Notes: Malachi
• Geneva Study Bible: Malachi
• Precept Austin Commentaries & Sermons: Malachi

Section 6: Articles

Articles

• A Commentary On The Book Of Malachi by Richard V. Clearwaters
• Wakening A Sleeping Metaphor- A New Interpretation Of Malachi 1:11 –Åke Viberg
• Discovering the Macrostructure of the Book of Malachi- Mal. 1:1–12 as a Test Case — Rand Michael Muender
• Malachi 1:11 And The Worship Of The Nations In The Old Testament — J. G. Baldwin
• Divorce And Violence- Synonymous Parallelism In Malachi 2:16 — Elaine A. Heath
• Is The Messiah Announced In Malachi 3:1- Andrew S. Malone
• Will There Be Another Elijah- Carl Armerding
• A Thematic Development Of The Haggai-Zechariah-Malachi Corpus — Ronald W. Pierce
• WJ Beecher: The Prophets and the Promise
• Craig Bloomberg: Elijah, Election, and the Use of Malachi in the NT
• Charles Feinberg: The Commanding Importance of the Prophetic Scriptures
• William Luck: Divorce and Re-Marriage: Recovering the Biblical View
• Richard Mayhue: The Prophet’s Watchword: Day of the LORD
• Max I Reich: The Messianic Hope of Israel – The Hope Scheduled in Malachi

Section 7: Got Questions

GotQuestions.org

• Malachi Survey
• What are the Major and Minor Prophets?
• Why did God love Jacob and hate Esau (Malachi 1:3; Romans 9:13)?
• How do we bring blemished offerings to God (Malachi 1:8)?
• What does it mean to profane the covenant (Malachi 2:10)?
• What does Malachi 2:16 mean when God says, ‘I hate divorce’?
• How can we express our doubt to God without offending Him (Malachi 2:17; 3:14-15)?
•  Who is the promised messenger of Malachi 3:1?
• What is the significance of the refiner’s fire and launderer’s soap in Malachi 3:2?
• What Does It Mean to Test God?
• What does it mean to rebuke the devourer in Malachi 3:11?
• Does the teaching on tithing in Malachi 3:9-10 apply to us today?
• What is the book of remembrance (Malachi 3:16)?
• What is the sun of righteousness (Malachi 4:2)?
•  Was John the Baptist Elijah reincarnated (Malachi 3:1; 4:5)?
• What is the Day of the Lord?
• Why must Elijah return before the end times (Malachi 4:5-6)?

Bible Study Helps

• Bible Study 101
• Interpreting Narratives
• Study Software & websites
• More Maps & Charts
• Hebrew word studies by Precepts Austin

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