Zechariah 7:1 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

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ASV

And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chislev.

KJV

And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu;

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

In the fourth year of Darius - Two years after the series of visions, shown to him, and two years before the completion of the temple. Chisleu being December, it was the end of 518 b.c.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The answer to this question, which is given in this and the next chapter; and this answer was given not all at once, but by piece-meal, and, it should seem, at several times, for here are four distinct discourses which have all of them reference to this case, each of them prefaced with "the word of the Lord came,"

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Darius--two years after the previous prophecies (Zec 1:1, &c.). Chisleu--meaning "torpidity," the state in which nature is in November, answering to this month.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיְהִי֙	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
בִּשְׁנַ֣ת	bish.Nat	in year	H8141 →
אַרְבַּ֔ע	'ar.Ba'	four	H702 →
לְדָרְיָ֖וֶשׁ	le.da.re.Ya.vesh	of Darius	H1867 →
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
הָיָ֨ה	ha.Yah	it came	H1961 →
דְבַר־	de.var-	[the] word of	H1697 →
יְהוָ֜ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
זְכַרְיָ֗ה	ze.khar.Yah	Zechariah	H2148 →
בְּאַרְבָּעָ֛ה	be.'ar.ba.'Ah	on [day] four	H702 →
לַחֹ֥דֶשׁ	la.Cho.desh	of the month	H2320 →
הַתְּשִׁעִ֖י	ha.te.shi.'I	<the> ninth	H8671 →
בְּכִסְלֵֽו׃	be.khis.Lev	in Kislev	H3691 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Nehemiah 1:1
These are the words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah: In the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa,
leads to
- Nehemiah 10:1
  Now these were the ones who sealed the document: Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, and also Zedekiah,
- Esther 1:2
  In those days King Xerxes sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa.
- Daniel 8:2
  And in the vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa, in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai Canal.
- Ezra 7:7
  So in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, he went up to Jerusalem with some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants.
Through
Haggai 2:10
On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Haggai the prophet, saying,
leads to
- 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…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Haggai 2:20
  For the second time that day, the twenty-fourth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to Haggai, saying,
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:
leads to
- Nehemiah 12:4
  Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,
- 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…

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Zechariah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Zechariah