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On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month

This is the ninth month of the Hebrew calendar. The twenty-fourth day is near the middle of December on Western calendars. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-hebrewmonths and rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-ordinal)

in the second year of Darius

"in the second year of the reign of Darius" or "when Darius had been king for more than one year" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-ordinal)

Darius ... Haggai

See how you translated these men's names in Haggai 1:1. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names)

the word of Yahweh came

This idiom is used to introduce a special message from God. See how you translated this in Haggai 1:1. Alternate translation: "Yahweh gave a message" or "Yawheh spoke this message" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom)