Zechariah 7:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to praya before the LORD, ”

Zechariah 7:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

When they held sent unto the house of God - Rather, “And Bethel sent;” that is, the inhabitants of Bethel sent. “The house of God” is nowhere in Holy Scripture called Bethel. Bethel is always the...
Zechariah 7:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

When (b) they had sent to the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD, (b) That is, the rest of the people that yet remained in Chaldea, sent to the Church at J...
Zechariah 7:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 7:1-7 f. The original account of the question about the fasting and Zechariah's answer has been considerably amplified by the insertion of other prophecies, probably later compositions,...
Zechariah 7:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

they had sent unto the house of GOD , &c.: or, when Sherezer had sent (and Regem-melech and his men) to Bethel", &c. Beth-el had already been occupied by exiles returned from Babylon. See E...
Zechariah 7:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He says first, that messengers were sent to entreat the face of Jehovah. Here by the word entreating or praying, the Prophet means also sacrifices. For it is certain that the Jews prayed in e...
Zechariah 7:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD, When they had sent - Sherezer and Regem-melech - To inquire whether the fasts should be cont...
Zechariah 7:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

When they had sent, &c.— Who it was that sent appears from Zechariah 7:5 where God commands the prophet to answer all the people and the priests. The people held a fast as a mournful memo...
Zechariah 7:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD, When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regem-melech, and their men -...
Zechariah 7:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Warnings From the Past Chs.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, v...
Zechariah 7:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

When they had sent... before the Lord. — Better, Then [the people of] Bethel [such as] Sherezer and Regemmelech, and his men, sent to entreat the Lord. “Bethel” stands for the inhabitants of...
Zechariah 7:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Zechariah 8:1-23 "THE SEED OF PEACE" Zechariah 7:1-14 ; Zechariah 8:1-23 THE Visions have revealed the removal of the guilt of the land, the restoration of Israel to their standing before...
Zechariah 7:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Penalty of Injustice and Cruelty Zechariah 7:1-14 During their captivity the Jews observed four feasts. That of the 10th month recalled the first enclosure of Jerusalem by the enemies' line...
Zechariah 7:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The third message of Zechariah was uttered nearly two years later. It was a fourfold answer to an inquiry made by the people concerning the necessity for observing certain fasts. The history of thes...
Zechariah 7:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer, and Regem-melech, and their men, to pray before the Lord, 3 And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the Lord of hosts, and to the p...
Zechariah 7:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

When they had sent unto the house of God ,.... It is, in the Hebrew text, "when he sent Bethel"; which some, as Kimchi observes, take to be the name of a man that was sent along with those after men...
Zechariah 7:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD, Ver. 2. When they had sent ] They? who? Not the princes of Persia, that were now proselyt...
Zechariah 7:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 occasio...
Zechariah 7:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

A Question Answered Negatively (vv. 1-7) The visions and prophecies of the first six Chapter s are connected with the eighth month of the second year of the reign of Darius ( Zechariah 1:1 ). It...
Zechariah 7:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

An Enquiry Concerning Fasting; Hypocrisy Reproved. B. C. 520. 1 And it came to pass in t...
Zechariah 7:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

When they, either the captives which still continued in Babylon, or the Jews returned out of captivity, but who dwelt in the country at distance from Jerusalem, had sent unto the house of God; th...
Zechariah 7:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Questions About Fasting ( Zechariah 7:1-6 ). There may be a contrast intended here between those who had come from Babylon seeking news about the Branch, bringing gold and silver for his crown, wh...
Zechariah 7:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] The Didactic part. Replies to questions relative to fasts observed by the Jews, but which they supposed no longer binding after restoration to prosperity. Fourth ] Two years, near...
Zechariah 7:2 - Scofield Reference Notes

they "They," that is, of the captivity in Babylon. The mission of these Jews of the captivity concerned a fast day instituted by the Jews in commemoration of the destruction of Jerusalem, whol...
Zechariah 7:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Zechariah 7:1 . 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; God's prophets were no...
Zechariah 7:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zechariah 7:1 . In the fourth year of Darius Hystaspes, in the ninth month, the end of November, a deputation went from Babylon to Jerusalem, a long journey in the beginning of winter, to enquir...
Zechariah 7:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer, and Regemmelech, and their men to pray before the Lord The left ones in captivity It must be observed that though all had not so much courage...
Zechariah 7:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1-8:23 Part II . THE ANSWER TO A QUESTION CONCERNING THE OBSERVANCE OF CERTAIN FASTS . Zechariah 7:1-38 § 1. A deputation comes from Bethel to ask...
Zechariah 7:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Question Proposed
Zechariah 7:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 13:6 ; 1 Samuel 13:12 ; Exodus 32:11 ; Ezra 6:10 ; Ezra 7:15-23 ; Ezra 8:28-30 ; Isaiah 60:7 ; Jeremiah 26:19 ; Zechariah 6:10 ; Zechariah 8:21
Zechariah 7:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

When they — The captives who still continued in Babylon. The house of God — The temple, which now half built began to be frequented. Regem — melech — It appears not who these were, but no doubt the...

Zechariah 7:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Zechariah 7:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Zechariah 7:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 7:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Zechariah 7:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 7:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Zechariah 7:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Zechariah 7:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Zechariah 7:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 7:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Zechariah 7:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Zechariah 7:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Zechariah 7:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Zechariah 7:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Zechariah 7:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Zechariah 7:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Zechariah 7:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zechariah 7:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 7:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Zechariah 7:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Zechariah 7:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 7:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Zechariah 7:2 - Scofield Reference Notes

Zechariah 7:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Zechariah 7:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zechariah 7:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Zechariah 7:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Zechariah 7:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Zechariah 7:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Zechariah 7:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes