the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.

the twenty-fourth to Romamti-ezer, his sons and his relatives, twelve.

Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the Israelites assembled with fasting and in sackcloth and with dirt on their heads.

On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was on the bank of the great river Hiddekel [which is the Tigris],

on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month (Sept 21, 520 b.c.) in the second year of Darius the king.

On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month (Dec 18, 520 b.c.), in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Haggai the prophet, saying,

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

And again the word of the Lord came to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month (Dec 18, 520 b.c.), saying,

On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month (Feb 15, 519 b.c.), which is the month of Shebat, in the second year of [the reign of] Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, as follows: