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Zechariah 1:7

King James Version (KJV)

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Zechariah 1:7

Verse 7 of 21

Scripture focus

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,

Zechariah 1:7 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Zechariah 1:7

Theological / Devotional

Eleventh month. The date here given is approximately Feb. 15, 519 B.C., by Julian reckoning (see Vol. Ill, p. 99). About three months earlier Zechariah had begun his prophetic ministry (Zech. 1:1). The next date that appears in the book is in ch. 7:1. The eight visions recorded in chs. 1:8 to 6:8 were doubtless given in the interval. Some assume they were all given in one “night” (see v. 8), but this cannot be proved.

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