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Zechariah [a] [1] was a person in the Hebrew Bible traditionally considered the author of the Book of Zechariah, the eleventh of the Twelve Minor Prophets . Prophet. Zechariah as depicted by James Tissot. The Book of Zechariah introduces him as the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo. [2] .
Zechariah: The Book of Zechariah. Bible > Zechariah. eBibles • Free Downloads • Audio. Zechariah 1. A Call to Repentance. ( Jeremiah 3:11–25; Hosea 14:1–3) 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:
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Jun 15, 2004 · 1. Zechariah was a Levite who was born in Babylon (Neh 12:1, 16) 2. He was the son of Berekiah and the grandson of Iddo the priest ( Zech 1:1; cf. 12:4, 16; Ezra 5:1; 6:14 ), therefore, although the name was a common one, it is possible that he was a priest 2. 3. Zechariah was a prophet ( Zech 1:1) 4.
Book of Zechariah, the 11th of 12 Old Testament books that bear the names of the Minor Prophets, collected in the Jewish canon in one book, The Twelve. Only chapters 1–8 contain the prophecies of Zechariah; chapters 9–14 must be attributed to at least two other, unknown authors.
The most striking feature of First Zechariah is a series of visions in which the prophet describes the centrality of Jerusalem, its Temple, and its leaders, who function both in the politics of the region and of the Persian empire and in God’s universal rule. These visions clearly relate to the Temple restoration begun in 520 B.C.
