tion foreshadows fhe establishment of flic IMcssianic kingdom (see Hengstonbcrg, CliriatohH/ij, iii, 243 s(].) upon the overthrow ol'thc thrones of tlie nations (ii, 23).
The style of tlie discourses uf Haggai is suitalile to their contents : it is ])athetic when he exhorts, it is ve- hement when he reproves, it is somewhat elevated when he treats of future events, and it is not altogether destitute of a poetical coloring, though a prophet of a higher order would have dejjicted the splendor of the second Temple in brighter hues. The language laljors under a poverty of terms, as may be observed in the constant rejietition of the same expressions, which Eidi- hom {EinlcitiiM/, § 599) attributes to an attempt at or- nament, rendering the writer disposed to recur frequent- ly to a favorite expression.
The prophetical discourses of Haggai are referred to in the Old and New Testament (Ezra v, 1; vi, 14; Heb. xii, 20; comp. Hagg. ii, 7, 8, 22). In most of the ancient catalogues of the canonical books of the Old Testament Haggai is not, indeed, mentioned by name ; but, as they specify the twelve minor prophets, he must have been included among them, as otherwise tlu'ir number would not be full. Josephus, mentioning Hag- gai and Zechariah {Ant. xi, 4, 5), calls them cvo Tr(io(pi\- Tai. (See generally Bertholdt, Juideittinf/, iv, 169 ; Da- vidson, in Home's Jntrnduc. new ed. ii, 972 sq. ; Hasse, Gesch.der A.B.\).Wi sq. ; ^miih, Scrijiture Testimony, i, 283 sq.)— Kitto, s. v. ; Smith, s. v.
Special commentaries on the whole of this prophecy exclusively have been written by Rupertus Titicnsis, III Afigaiim (in 0pp. i); '^IfAa.nchihon, Arfiiiiwutiim (in 0pp. ii) ; Ecke, Commmtarius (Saling. 1538, 8vo) ; Wi- celius, /'yiiiirniiio (Jdog. 1541); Yaremnti, FxcmJaliniK s (llcist. l'il."<, ITijO. ItiO ; Draconis, KxpHcafio (Lub. 1549, fol.) ; ?>K'ri( r. Sr/i,i/i:i (Paris, 1557, 4to) ; Pilkington, 7s.r- poxitioH (Luudun, 15(jO, 8vo) ; Brocardus, Inicrprelutio [includ. some other books] (L. B. 1580, 8vo) ; Grynieus, Commentarius (Gen. 1581, 8vo; translated into English, Lond.'158G, 12mo) ; Heinbeck, Exercifuiiones (Brunsw. 1592, 4to) ; Balwin, Commentarius (including Zech. and Mai.] (Yitenib. 101 0, 8vo) ; Tarnovius, Commentarius (Rostock, 1G24, 4to) ; Willius, Commentarius [including Zech. and Mai.] (Brem. lC38,8vo) ; BaynokU. Interpre- tation (Lond. 1649, 4to) ; Pfeffinger. A7»te (Argent. 17(i3, 4to) ; Woken, Adnotalioms (T.i| s. 1719. 4to) : Kail, Uis- sertationes (s.l. 1771-3. 4 id; Ih^-lcr. llliislratio (Lmid. 1799, 4to); Scheibel. (;//«/•/ ,///-//. n (Vratisl. 1822, 4t(.) : Moore, Notes, etc. [including Zech. and Mai.] (N. V. 1856, 8vo) ; Kohler, Krlddrunf/ (Erlangen, 1860, 8vo) ; Aben-Ezra's annotations on Haggai have been transla- ted by Abicht (in his Selectm liabb. Lips. 1705), Lund (Upsal. 1706), and Chytrreus (ib. cod.); Abai band's liy Scherzer (Lpz. 1633, 1705) and Mundin (Jena, 1719): Kimchi's by Nol (Par. 1557). Expositions of particular passages are those of Stiiudlin [on ii. 1-9] (Tub. 1784), Benzel [on ii, 9] (in his Syntai/m. Dissertt. ii, 116 sq.), Sartorius [on ii, 7 J (Tub. 1756),Yesschuir [on ii, 6-9] (in his Diss. Phil. No. 6), Essen [on ii, 23] (Vitcmb. 1759). See Pkophets, INIinok.
Hag'geri (Heb. Ifar/ri', "^"5^, « Ilagarite ; Sept. 'Arapai v. r. 'Aypi'jTulg. Af/arai). "Slibhar. son of Haggeri," was one of fhe mighty men of David's guard, according to the catalogue oi" 1 Chron. xi, 38. The )'«:- allel passage— 2 Sam. xxiii,o6— has "Bani the Gaditc" (iisn). This Kennicott thinks was the original, from which "Haggeri" has been corrupted (Dissert. \\ 214). The Targum has Bar Gedd (Nnr*;?).— Smith, s. v. See Hacjauenk.
Haggerty, .Iohn, a minister of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, was born in Prince (ieorge County. INId., in 1747. He was converted under the ministry of John King about 1771. He began to preach among his neighbors the same year, and continued to labor dili- n;ently for the Church, under the direction of Straw- ! hridce. Rankin, and King, till he entered the regular I itinerancv in the "year 1779." He preached both in
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English and German. He was instrumental in the con- version of not a fe^v men of ability, who became orna- ments of the ministry. He located, owing to the sick- ness of his wife, in 1792, and settled in Baltimore, where he continued to preach with great acceptance. He was one of the original elders of the Church, anil <lied in the faith in 18-23, aged seventy-six years.— Stevens, //is/o;^^ of the M. E. Church, ii,GG, 4%; iii, 144, 14G.
Hag'gi (Heb. Chaggi', iS.'n,/esHfe; Sept. 'Ayyif), the second of the seven sons of the patriarch (iad ((ien. xlvi. IC)). and progenitor of the family of Hagoitks ( Ninnb. xxvi, 1 J ; Sept. Ayyi). B.C. prob. ante 1784.
Haggi'ah (llch. Chagrjiyah' , il^trijhlival ofJe- honifi ; Sept. 'Ayyia), a Levite of the family of Merari, apparently the son of Shimea and father of Asaiali, wliifli last seems to have been contemporary with Da- viil (^1 Cliron. vi, 30 [Heb. 15J). B.C. ante 1043.
Hag'gite (Heb. only as a collect, with the art. ha- Chiiggi', "'iinn [for i*«nn] ; Sept. o 'Ayyt, Viilg. Agi- ta, A.y. "the Haggites"), the family title of the de- scendants of the son of Gad of the same [Heb.] name ( Xuinb. xxvi, 15). See Haggi.
Hag'gith (Heb. Chaggith', r-^jri; Sept. 'Ayyi^ v. r. ^tyyi J, but 'Xyyti^ in 1 Chron. ii, 3 ; Josephus 'Ay- yi j»j, .1 nt. vii, 14, 4), a wife of David, only known as the mother of Adonijah(2Sam. iii,4; 1 Kings i, 5, 1 1 ; ii,13; 1 Chron. iii, 2j ; but apparently married to David after liis accession to the throne. B.C. 1053. See David. '• Her son was, like Absalom, renowned for his hand- some presence. In the first and last of the above pas- sages llaggith is fourth in order of mention among the wives, Adonijah being also fourth among the sons. His birtli liappened at Hebron (2 Sam. iii, 2, 5) shortly af- ter that of Absalom (1 Kings i, 6, where it will be ob- served that the words ' his mother' are inserted by the translators)" (Smith,. s. v.). The Heb. name is merely the fcin. of the adj. that appears in the names Haggi, etc., and seems to be indicative of Jlstiritg in the relig- ious sense [see Festival]; Fiirst renders it "boni at the Fea.st of Tabernacles" {/leb. Lex. s. v.), and Mr. Grove (in Smith, ut sup.) regards it as ="a dancer," Inini the primitive sense of the rootS^n.