15 on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month. In the second year of King Darius,
15 In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
15 on the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
15 This happened on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month in the second year of King Darius.
15 on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius.
15 on September 21 of the second year of King Darius's reign.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Haggai 1:15
Commentary on Haggai 1:12-15
(Read Haggai 1:12-15)
The people returned to God in the way of duty. In attending to God's ministers, we must have respect to him that sent them. The word of the Lord has success, when by his grace he stirs up our spirits to comply with it. It is in the day of Divine power we are made willing. When God has work to be done, he will either find or make men fit to do it. Every one helped, as his ability was; and this they did with a regard to the Lord as their God. Those who have lost time, need to redeem time; and the longer we have loitered in folly, the more haste we should make. God met them in a way of mercy. Those who work for him, have him with them; and if he be for us, who can be against us? This should stir us up to be diligent.