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Zechariah 7:1-3

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

1. 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; 2. When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD, 3. [And] to speak unto the priests which [were] in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?

Zechariah 7:1-3 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Zechariah 7:1

Theological / Devotional

It came to pass. Verses 1-3 tell of a delegation from Bethel (see on v. 2) to inquire whether the fast commemorating Jerusalem's calamity should still be kept.

Fourth year. The date here given may be calculated as approximately Dec. 7, 518 B.C. (see Vol. Ill, p. 99), about two years after the previous visions had been given (ch. 1:1,7). Since in about two years more the Temple was finished (see Ezra 6:15), the work of rebuilding was doubtless well advanced. The priests were already “in the house of the Lord” (see Zech. 7:3). Because of this optimistic prospect the question naturally arose as to whether a fast instituted under sorrowful conditions should still be observed.

Darius. Darius I (see Vol. Ill, pp. 70-72).

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