in the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

On the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet, saying,

Consider, I pray you, from this day and onward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, from the day that the foundation of Jehovah's temple was laid, consider it.

And the word of Jehovah came the second time unto Haggai on the four and twentieth day of the month, saying,