* **stirred up the spirit** - means to motivate or influence. (See: [[:en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_idiom]]).
* **remnant** - The word "remnant" refers to the people that were still alive after they arrived from their captivity in Babylon and started to rebuild Jerusalem.
* **in the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.** - fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.** - This is just 23 days after he received the vision. (See: [[en:obe:other:biblicaltime]]).