Torah FeedThe Book of Haggai
Haggai is book 24 of 39 in the Tanakh, part of Nevi'im. It has 2 chapters and 38 verses.
Updated September 19, 2026
חַגַּי
- Section
- Nevi'im
- Chapters
- 2
- Verses
- 38
- Longest chapter
- 2 (23 verses)
What Haggai is about
Haggai spoke to the exiles who had returned from Babylon. In four short messages dated to the second year of Darius, he urges them to stop delaying and rebuild the Temple.
Opening verse
בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתַּיִם לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ הַמֶּלֶךְ בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשִּׁשִּׁי בְּיוֹם אֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ הָיָה דְבַר־יְהוָה בְּיַד־חַגַּי הַנָּבִיא אֶל־זְרֻבָּבֶל בֶּן־שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל פַּחַת יְהוּדָה וְאֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן־יְהוֹצָדָק הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדוֹל לֵאמֹר׃
In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying: