7 And then,^[a] in the fourth year of King Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Kislev. ² And the people of Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem-Melech, and their^[b] men, to entreat the favor^[c] of Yahweh, ³ saying to the priests of the house of Yahweh of hosts^[d] and to the prophets, “Should I mourn in the fifth month and keep myself separate^[e] as I have done for these many years?”