Zechariah 1:7

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A Man among the Myrtle Trees

⁷Three months later, on February 15,^[a] the Lord sent another message to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah and grandson of Iddo.

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Footnotes

1:7 Hebrew On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius. This event occurred on February 15, 519 B.c.; also see note on 1:1.

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Zechariah 1:1

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A Call to Return to the Lord

1 In November^[a] of the second year of King Darius’s reign, the Lord gave this message to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah and grandson of Iddo:

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Footnotes

1:1 Hebrew In the eighth month. A number of dates in Zechariah can be cross-checked with dates in surviving Persian records and related accurately to our modern calendar. This month of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar occurred within the months of October and November 520 B.c.

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