This took place on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month of King Darius' second year.

On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month of Darius' second year, the Lord spoke again to the prophet Haggai:

From that time when one came expecting a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten; when one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty measures from it, there were only twenty.

On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the Lord spoke again through the prophet Haggai:

Think carefully about the past: from today, the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, to the day work on the temple of the Lord was resumed, think about it.

Then the Lord spoke again to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month: