Verse 1
In the eighth month, &c. Zechariah's first prophecy is dated (Zechariah 1:1 ) "in the eighth month in the second year of Darius" (Hystaspis) (410 b. c.) ; sixteen years after the Decree of Cyrus. It thus comes midway between Haggai's second and third messages. See notes on Haggai 1:1-10 .
Modern critics first assume that the day ought to be named, and then further assume that it has "fallen out accidentally"!
Darius. Darius (Hystaspis). See App-57 .
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 ,
Zechariah = Remembered of Jehovah.
Berechiah = Blessed of Jehovah. Compare Matthew 23:35 . This prophet would be the one referred to by the Lord, unless the father of the Zechariah of 2 Chronicles 24:20 , 2 Chronicles 24:21 had more than one name, which was sometimes the ease. See Esau's wives (Genesis 26:34 ; Genesis 28:9 ; Genesis 36:2 , Genesis 36:3 ). The latter would be the last (and Abel the first in the O.T.), according to the place of Chronicles in the Hebrew Canon (see App-1 ).
son. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), App-6 , for descendant.
Iddo . See Ezra 5:1 ; Ezra 6:14 .Nehemiah 12:4 .Nehemiah 12:16 .
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