The Command to Rebuild the Temple

1 In the second year of ^aDarius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of ^bHaggai the prophet to ^cZerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to ^dJoshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest:

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A Call to Return to the Lord

1 In the eighth month, in the second year of ^aDarius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet ^bZechariah, the son of Berechiah, son of Iddo, saying,