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Zechariah 7:1

Zechariah 7:1 is verse 1 of Zechariah chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.

Chislev is the ninth month of the Hebrew lunar calendar, usually occurring within the months of November and December.

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King James Version

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;

World English Bible

In the fourth year of King Darius, Yahweh’s word came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.

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Zechariah 7:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.

2 Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech, along with their men, to plead before the LORD

3 by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?”

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Hebrew words

וַֽיְהִי֙and it wasבִּשְׁנַ֣תin yearאַרְבַּ֔עfourלְדָרְיָ֖וֶשׁof Dariusהַמֶּ֑לֶךְthe kingהָיָ֨הit cameדְבַר[the] word ofיְהוָ֜הYahwehאֶלtoזְכַרְיָ֗הZechariahבְּאַרְבָּעָ֛הon [day] fourלַחֹ֥דֶשׁof the monthהַתְּשִׁעִ֖י<the> ninthבְּכִסְלֵֽוin Kislev

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Zechariah 1:1

In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying:

Ezra 6:14

So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.

Ezra 6:15

And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

Haggai 2:10

On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Haggai the prophet, saying,

Haggai 2:20

For the second time that day, the twenty-fourth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to Haggai, saying,

Nehemiah 1:1

These are the words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah: In the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa,

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