“Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the remnant of god’s people began to obey the message from the Lord their Go. When they heard the words of the prophet Haggai, whom the Lord their God had sent, the people feared the Lord. Then Haggai, the Lord’s messenger, gave the people this message from the Lord: ‘I am with you, says the Lord! ‘
So the Lord sparked enthusiasm of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the enthusiasm of Jeshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the enthusiasm of the whole remnant of God’s people. They began to work on the house of their God, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies on September 21 of the second year of King Darius’s reign.” (vv. 12-14, NLT)