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

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

‘Do consider from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month; from the day when the temple of the Lord was founded, consider:

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