On the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying,

And now, give thought; looking on from this day, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the time when the base of the Lord's house was put in its place, give thought to it.

And the word of the Lord came a second time to Haggai, on the twenty-fourth day of the month, saying,