Exploring the Old TestamentFinal Exam

TEMPLE

Solomon’s Temple

Jerusalem at the Time of Haggai

and Zechariah

c. 520 B.C.

Dates of the Oracles in Haggai (all in 520 B.C.)

Oracle Reference Date

First 1:1 1st day of 6th month (Aug. 29)

Second 1:15 24th day of 6th month (Sept. 21)

Third 2:1 21st day of 7th month (Oct. 17)

Fourth 2:10 24th day of 9th month (Dec. 18)

Fifth 2:20 24th day of 9th month (Dec. 18)

Dates of the Oracles in Zechariah

Reference Date  

1:1 eighth month of the second year of Darius

October/November 520 B.C.

1:724th day of the 11th month (Shebat) of the second year of Darius

February 15, 519

7:1fourth day of the ninth month (Kislev) of the fourth year of Darius

December 7, 518

Zechariah Texts Quoted in the New Testament Regarding Jesus’ Ministry

Zechariah Text Content Summary NT Passages

9:9the king comes to Zion humble and riding a donkey

Matt. 21:5; John 12:15

11:1330 pieces of silver thrown into the house of the LORD

Matt. 27:9

12:10 looking on him whom they have pierced John 19:37; Rev. 1:7

13:7the shepherd is struck and the sheep scattered

Matt. 26:31; Mark 14:27

Setting of Malachi

Malachi’s Enduring Significance

• “His teaching, both negative and positive, strikes at the heart of easy-going, nominal Christianity as it did at that of Judaism.” – Baldwin

• “Malachi is all about preparing ourselves for God’s blessing by presenting to him the kind of lives he delights in.” – C. John Collins

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