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The Talmud states: \u201cWhen the latter prophets Haggai, Zachariah, and Malachi died, prophecy disappeared from Israel\u201d (Yoma 9b, Sanhedrin 11a). Its use of the term \u201clatter\u201d prophets (<\/span>nevi\u2019im acharonim<\/span><\/em>) clearly distinguishes them from their predecessors, who are called \u201cearly\u201d prophets (<\/span>nevi\u2019im rishonim<\/span><\/em>). Since Jeremiah and Ezekiel lived through the destruction of the First Temple (and, as we speculated, Obadiah was even later than Jeremiah), the time lag between them and Haggai did not exceed fifty years. It would appear, then, that the designations of \u201cearly\u201d and \u201clate\u201d are as much categorical as chronological: the former were active during the First Temple, and the latter, during the Second.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One more Talmudic designation is relevant: In reference to the Men of the Great Assembly who directed the Jewish community in the Land of Israel in the early years of the Second Temple, the Talmud notes that \u201camong them were several prophets\u201d (Megillah 17b) ), an implicit reference to Haggai, Zachariah, and Malachi.<\/span><\/p>\n

With the knowledge that Jeremiah had prophesied a 70 year exile (49:10), Radak provided the historical background necessary for pinpointing Haggai chronologically, and, thereby, explaining why the people he was instructed to address were of the opinion that \u201cthe time for the House of the Lord has not come to be rebuilt\u201d (2).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn the second year of King Darius\u201d (1): That is Darius, son of Ahasuerus, of whom [the Sages] said that he was the son of [Queen] Esther. He is the one who ordered the rebuilding of the Temple after its construction was halted by the Judeans\u2019 adversaries at the start of the reign of Ahasuerus. When [the Jews] returned from exile, there had not yet elapsed 70 years from the destruction of Jerusalem\u2026 and they had been in exile only 52 years\u2026 So the construction was halted until the second year of Darius, King of Persia, at which point 70 years had elapsed to the destruction of Jerusalem\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Now it was time to rebuild the Temple, so the prophecy came to Haggai, who was in Jerusalem, to arouse Zerubbabel to rebuild because they had been lax on account of their adversaries who forced them to cease work these many years. The Holy Spirit had not aroused them until now because the 70 years had not elapsed to the destruction of Jerusalem until now, as reported in the Book of Ezra: \u201cHaggai the Prophet, and Zachariah bar Ido the Prophet, prophesied to the Judeans in Judea and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel\u201d (Ezra 5:1).<\/span><\/p>\n

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