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But Zechariah (Zecharjaho – meaning: the Lord remembers), the son of Jehoiada the priest, was filled with the Spirit of God. He stood before the people and said to them, "Thus says God (Elohim): Why do you transgress the commandments of the Lord? It cannot end well. Because you have forsaken the Lord (Yahweh), he has also forsaken you."
The prophets Haggai and Zechariah, the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel who was over them.
The elders of the Jews continued to build and made progress in the work through the prophetic words of Haggai and Zechariah, the son of Iddo. They built and completed it as the God of Israel had commanded and as Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes (Hebr. Artachshaste) [who reigned from 465 to 424 BC, see , ], king of Persia, had commanded.
for Iddo: [the prophet] Zechariah [],
for Ginneton: Meshullam,
In the eighth month [Cheshvan – Oct/Nov] of the second year of King Darius' reign [520 BC, he was Persian king 522-486 BC], the word of the Lord (Yahweh) came to the prophet Zechariah [Hebr. Zechariah – meaning: 'God remembers'], son of Berechiah [meaning: 'The Lord blesses'], son of Iddo [meaning: 'His witness'].
[Zechariah's grandfather Iddo had returned from Babylon 16 years earlier (538 BC) under the leadership of Zerubbabel, see , . Zechariah was from a priestly family, see , . His ministry begins one month before Haggai receives his last vision, see , . The events in occur at the same time as the events in ]
He [Zechariah] said:
On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month of Shvat [February 15, 519 BC], in the second year of the reign of King Darius [520-519 BC], the word of the Lord (Yahweh) came to the prophet Zechariah, son of Berechiah, son of Iddo. [Three months after the prophetic address, see .] He [Zechariah] said:
In the fourth year of King Dareyavesh's reign, the word of the Lord (Yahweh) came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Kislev. [December 7, 518 BC]
And the word of the Lord (Yahweh) came to Zechariah, saying:
So all the righteous blood shed on earth will come upon you, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
[Abel was the first person killed in the Old Testament, see . Zechariah was the last, see . The Book of Chronicles is the last book in the Hebrew Bible. Jesus' point is that throughout the Bible, true followers of God have often been persecuted.]
from the blood of Abel [the first martyr] to [throughout the Old Testament until the high priest] the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the temple. Yes, I tell you: It will be demanded [; ] of this generation.
[Abel was the first to be killed in the Old Testament, see . Zechariah was the last, see . The Book of Chronicles is the last book in the Hebrew Bible. Jesus' point is that throughout the Bible, true followers of God have often been persecuted.]
