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Zechariah 1:7

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On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Jehovah unto Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,

KJV

Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,

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Commentary

6 notes on this verse
On the twenty-fourth day - Exactly five months after the building of the temple was resumed Hag 2:15, and two months after Haggai’s last prophecy Hag 2:20. The series of visions, leading onward, from the first deliverance from the enemies who oppressed them, to the Coming of Christ, is given as a reward to their first whole-hearted endeavor to restore their worship of Him. The visions are called the “word of the Lord,” because they were prophecy, made visible to the eye, conveying the revelation to the soul, and in part explained by Him.

This site's exposition

On the twenty-fourth day

on Zechariah 1:7-13

The first night vision shows “a man riding on a red horse” among the myrtle trees. The riders “have patrolled the earth” and find it “at rest and tranquil”, while Jerusalem still bears the anger of “these seventy years”. The angel of the LORD pleads for mercy.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Zechariah · Written before 420.

proposed

(Vrs. 7.) On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sabat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, the son of Barachiah, the son of Addo, the prophet, saying. LXX: On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sabat, in the second year under Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah, the son of Barachiah, the son of Addo, saying.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Though the visions are distinct, they form one grand whole, presented in one night to the prophet's mind, two or three months after the prophet's first commission (Zec 1:1). Sebat--the eleventh month of the Jewish year, from the new moon in February to the new moon in March. The term is Chaldee, meaning a "shoot," namely, the month when trees begin to shoot or bud.

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month - This revelation was given about three months after the former, and two months after they had recommenced the building of the temple. Sebat - Answers to a part of our February. See Hag 2:18.

The words behind it

23 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • בְּיוֹם֩on day

    beyomH3117 →2304 times

  • עֶשְׂרִ֨יםtwenty

    ʾesrimH6242 →

  • וְאַרְבָּעָ֜הand four

    vearbaahH702 →318 times

  • לְעַשְׁתֵּֽי־of one [plus]

    leashtei-H6249 →

  • עָשָׂ֥רten

    ʾasarH6240 →

  • חֹ֙דֶשׁ֙month

    chodeshH2320 →284 times

  • הוּא־it

    hu'-H1931 →1879 times

  • חֹ֣דֶשׁ[was] [the] month of

    chodeshH2320 →284 times

  • שְׁבָ֔טShebat

    shevatH7627 →

  • בִּשְׁנַ֥תin year

    bishnatH8141 →877 times

  • שְׁתַּ֖יִםtwo

    shetayimH8147 →768 times

  • לְדָרְיָ֑וֶשׁof Darius

    ledareyaveshH1867 →10 times

  • הָיָ֣הit came

    hayahH1961 →3559 times

  • דְבַר־[the] word of

    devar-H1697 →1440 times

  • יְהוָ֗הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • זְכַרְיָה֙Zechariah

    zekharyahH2148 →43 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • בֶּ֣רֶכְיָ֔הוּBerekiah

    berekhyahuH1296 →

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • עִדּ֥וֹאIddo

    ido'H5714 →

  • הַנָּבִ֖יאthe prophet

    hanavi'H5030 →314 times

  • לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

1 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Zechariah 1:1In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying:3 works

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Zechariah 1:1

    In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying:

    it leads to

    • Matthew 23:35

      And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and…

    • Nehemiah 12:4

      Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,

    • Ezra 4:24

      Thus the construction of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

    • Haggai 1:1

      In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of…

    • Zechariah 7:1

      In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.

Where this verse is studied

About Zechariah

Zechariah's Vision of Four Chariots, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Zechariah's Vision of Four Chariots, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Zechariah: the study guide →Read Zechariah 1 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Twelve Minor Prophets; Edward Bouverie Pusey, The Minor Prophets: A Commentary; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Zechariah and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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