Zechariah 7:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 7:1-3

Zechariah 7:1-3. The word of the Lord came unto Zechariah, &c. In this and the next chapter is contained a third and distinct revelation made to Zechariah, about two years after the former; of which the occasion and matter are as follows: A considerable progress having, by this time, been made in the rebuilding of the temple, and affairs going on pretty smoothly, the hopes of the Jewish nation began to revive, and a deputation was sent to inquire of the priests and prophets, whether it... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zechariah 7:1-14

7:1-8:23 A QUESTION ABOUT CERTAIN FASTSMourning over the past (7:1-14)In captivity the Jews had instituted four fasts to mourn the destruction of Jerusalem. One fast was in the tenth month, which was the month the Babylonians laid siege to the city. One was in the fourth month, to mark the day eighteen months later when the Babylonians broke through the walls and invaded the city. Another was in the fifth month, to mark the destruction of the temple. The other was in the seventh month, to mark... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 7:1

the fourth year. Two years later than the first literal prophecy in Zechariah 1:1 . king Darius. Darius (Hystaspis). See App-57 , the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . Chisleu. Corresponding with our December. See App-51 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 7:1

This Chapter deals with a question from the Jews at Bethel about keeping a certain fast day. Zechariah 7:1-3 give the situation and state the question; and the balance of the chapter (Zechariah 7:4-14) reveals the prophet's response. Actually, this chapter is a unit with Zephaniah 8; because the prophet's answer was given in six statements. "Each statement is introduced with exact statements which indicate that the prophet's words were actually those of Jehovah."[1] The six parts of the answer... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 7:1

Zechariah 7:1. In the fourth year of king Darius— Two years after they began to rebuild the temple. See chap. Zechariah 1:1. The month Chisleu answers to part of our November and December. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 7:1

1. fourth year of . . . Darius—two years after the previous prophecies ( :-, &c.). Chisleu—meaning "torpidity," the state in which nature is in November, answering to this month. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 7:1

A prophetic message came to Zechariah from the Lord in 518 B.C. The fourth day of the ninth month would have been in early December. Chislev is the Babylonian name of the month. This message, which comprises the following four messages in chapters 7 and 8, came to the prophet almost two years after he received the eight night visions (cf. Zechariah 1:7) and about halfway through the period of temple reconstruction (520-515 B.C.). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 7:1-3

A. The question from the delegation from Bethel 7:1-3 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 7:1-14

Warnings From the PastChs.7 and 8 go together, and were spoken on a date (fourth day of the ninth month in the fourth year of Darius) two years later than the series of visions described above, viz. in 518 b.c. (On contemporary events see on Zechariah 6:8.) They are Zechariah’s answer to a question put to him by certain visitors to Jerusalem, who asked whether the fast observed by the Jews in the fifth month, in memory of the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, should still be kept.... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 7:1

VII.THE INQUIRY CONCERNING THE CONTINUED OBSERVANCE OF THE FASTS.(1) Fourth year . . . This was in B.C. 518, the second year after the commencement of the re-building of the Temple, and about two years before its completion. read more

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