Ezra 5:1

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Tattenai Appeals to Darius

5 Then the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son^[a] of Iddo^[b] prophesied concerning the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel who was over them.

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Ezra 5:1 tn Aram “son.” According to Zech 1:1 he was actually the grandson of Iddo.
Ezra 5:1 tn Aram “and Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo the prophet.”

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Ezra 6:14

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¹⁴The elders of the Jews continued building and prospering, while at the same time^[a] Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo continued prophesying. They built and brought it to completion by the command of the God of Israel and by the command of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

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Ezra 6:14 tn Aram “in” or “by,” in the sense of accompaniment.

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Zechariah 1:1

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Introduction

1 In the eighth month of Darius’^[a] second year,^[b] the Lord’s message came to the prophet Zechariah,^[c] son of Berechiah son of Iddo:

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Zechariah 1:1 sn Darius is Darius Hystaspes, king of Persia from 522-486 b.c.
Zechariah 1:1 sn The eighth month of Darius’ second year was late October—late November, 520 b.c., by the modern (Julian) calendar. This is two months later than the date of Haggai’s first message to the same community (cf. Hag 1:1).
Zechariah 1:1 sn Both Ezra (5:1; 6:14) and Nehemiah (12:16) speak of Zechariah as a son of Iddo only. A probable explanation is that Zechariah’s actual father Berechiah had died and the prophet was raised by his grandfather Iddo. The “Zechariah son of Barachiah” of whom Jesus spoke (Matt 23:35; Luke 11:51) was probably the martyred prophet by that name who may have been a grandson of the priest Jehoiada (2 Chr 24:20-22).