Old Testament • 14 Chapters
Zechariah (Old Testament, 14 chapters). Key figures: Zechariah, Berechiah , Iddo , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Joshua . Key places: Jerusalem , Zion , Babylon , Shinar , Hadrach , Damascus . Opens with: "In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah , the son of Iddo the proph..."
Zechariah • Chapter 1 (21 verses)
In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah , the son of Berechiah , the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, The Lord hath been sore displeased with your fathers. Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye unto m... Mentions: Zechariah , Berechiah , Iddo , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem , Zion .
Zechariah • Chapter 2 (13 verses)
I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem , to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof. And, behold, the angel that talked with me ... Mentions: Judah , Jerusalem , Zion , Babylon .
Zechariah • Chapter 6 (15 verses)
And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass. In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses; And in the third chariot white horses;... Mentions: Josiah , Zephaniah , Joshua , Jehozadak , Babylon .
Zechariah • Chapter 7 (14 verses)
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; When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regem–melech, and their men, to pray before the Lord, And to speak unt... Mentions: Zechariah , Jerusalem .
Zechariah • Chapter 4 (14 verses)
And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep, And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes ... Mentions: Zerubbabel .
Zechariah • Chapter 12 (14 verses)
The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel , saith the Lord, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him. Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall b... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judah , David , Nathan , Levi , Jerusalem , Megiddo .
Zechariah • Chapter 8 (23 verses)
Again the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. Thus saith the Lord; I am returned unto Zion , and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem : and Jerusalem shall... Mentions: Judah , Jacob/Israel , Zion, Jerusalem.
Zechariah • Chapter 3 (10 verses)
And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of... Mentions: Joshua , Jerusalem .
Zechariah • Chapter 10 (12 verses)
Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain; so the Lord shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field. For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: ther... Mentions: Judah , Joseph , Ephraim , Egypt , Assyria , Gilead , Lebanon .
Zechariah • Chapter 5 (11 verses)
Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll. And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits. Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth for... Mentions: Shinar .
Zechariah • Chapter 13 (9 verses)
In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness. And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more b... Mentions: David , Jerusalem .
Zechariah • Chapter 9 (17 verses)
The burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach , and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel , shall be toward the Lord. And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyre , and Zidon, though it be very wise. And Tyre did build her... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judah , Ephraim , Hadrach , Damascus , Hamath , Tyre, Ashkelon .
Zechariah • Chapter 14 (21 verses)
Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and ... Mentions: Azariah (or Uzziah ), Judah , Benjamin , Jerusalem , Azal , Geba 1 , Rimmon 2 , Egypt .
Zechariah • Chapter 11 (17 verses)
Open thy doors, O Lebanon , that the fire may devour thy cedars. Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan ; for the forest of the vintage is come down. There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spo... Mentions: Judah , Jacob/Israel , Lebanon , Bashan , Jordan .
Interactive Book Map • Zechariah
Geographic map plotting ancient cities, rivers, mountains, and events recorded across the Book of Zechariah .
Old Testament • 66 Chapters
Isaiah (Old Testament, 66 chapters). Key figures: Jeshaiah (Isaiah), Judah , Azariah (or Uzziah ), Jotham , Ahaz , Hezekiah . Key places: Jerusalem , Zion , Sodom , Gomorrah , Lebanon , Bashan . Opens with: "The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham , Ahaz , and Hezekiah , kings o..."
Ezra • Chapter 5 (17 verses)
Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo , prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel , even unto them. Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel , and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the ho... Mentions: Zechariah , Iddo , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Zerubbabel , Jerusalem , Jeshua , Babylon .
2 Chronicles • Chapter 29 (36 verses)
Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem . And his mother's name was Abijah , the daughter of Zechariah . And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done... Mentions: Hezekiah , Abijah , Zechariah , David , Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem , Eden , Kidron .
Isaiah • Chapter 8 (22 verses)
Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Maher–shalal–hash–baz. And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, a... Mentions: Zechariah , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Damascus , Samaria , Assyria , Shiloah , Jerusalem .
Wiki Article • Prophets & Wisdom
Spanning the eighth to fifth centuries BCE, the Major Prophets ( Isaiah , Jeremiah , Ezekiel , Daniel ) and the Twelve Minor Prophets ( Hosea through Malachi ) called Israel and Judah back to covenant righteousness while foretelling redemption and the coming Messiah.
2 Chronicles • Chapter 21 (20 verses)
Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David . And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat , Azariah , and Jehiel, and Zechariah , and Azariah , and Michael , and Shephatiah : all these were the so... Mentions: Jehoshaphat, David , Azariah (or Uzziah), Zechariah , Michael , Jerusalem , Libnah 1 .
only one, solitary, precious only-begotten
only one, solitary, precious only-begotten. Only one, uniquely precious, only-begotten; applied to Isaac ('take your son, your only son Isaac', Genesis 22:2) and prophetic mourning over an only son (Zechariah 12:10).
2 Chronicles • Chapter 26 (23 verses)
Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah , who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah . He built Eloth , and restored it to Judah , after that the king slept with his fathers. Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fift... Mentions: Judah, Azariah (or Uzziah), Amaziah , Zechariah , Ammonites , Eloth , Jerusalem , Gath , Jabneh , Ashdod .
Ezra • Chapter 10 (44 verses)
Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore. And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of t... Mentions: Ezra , Jacob/Israel , Elam , Judah , Benjamin , Jerusalem , Jeshua , Immer , Telem .
1 Chronicles • Chapter 26 (32 verses)
Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph . And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai th... Mentions: Asaph , Zechariah , Ashbel (or Jediael?), Elam , Obed , Hosah , Shallecheth , Jordan , Jazer .
Ezra • Chapter 6 (22 verses)
Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon . And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written: In the first year of... Mentions: Zechariah , Iddo , Jacob/Israel , Moses , Babylon , Jerusalem , Persia , Assyria .
1 Chronicles • Chapter 16 (43 verses)
So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God. And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in th... Mentions: David, Jacob/Israel , Asaph , Zechariah , Jeiel , Canaan , Hosah , Gibeon .
daughter, inhabitants (Daughter of Zion)
daughter, inhabitants (Daughter of Zion). Daughter; personified community of God's covenant people: Bat Tziyyon ('Daughter of Zion', Isaiah 52:2, Zechariah 9:9).
Branch, sprout, shoot (Messianic Title)
Branch, sprout, shoot (Messianic Title). Vegetative shoot, branch; technical Messianic title in the prophets for the Davidic heir: 'The Branch of the LORD' (Isaiah 4:2, Jeremiah 23:5, 33:15, Zechariah 3:8, 6:12).
supplication, petition for grace
supplication, petition for grace. Earnest pleading for unmerited mercy, cry of the brokenhearted (1 Kings 8:30, Psalm 6:9, Zechariah 12:10).
comfort, consolation
comfort, consolation. Consolations, comfort offered to grieving exiles through promise of redemption and peace (Isaiah 57:18, Zechariah 1:13).