Zechariah 1:1

eighth month

That is, November.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the eighth month - o . The date joins on Zechariah’s prophecy to those of Haggai. Two months before, “in the sixth month” Haggai 1:1 , had H...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

In the eighth month, in the second year of (a) Darius, came the word of the LORD unto (b) Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophe...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

This rebuke (see above, p. 575) seems inconsistent with a date five weeks or more after work had been begun at the Temple and at least ten days after...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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) (...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

We here learn what we have already stated, — that Haggai and Zechariah were by God joined together, that they might confirm each other’s doctri...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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, sayin...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

In the eighth month— Zechariah begins his prophesy with an exhortation to the people to be converted to the Lord, and not to imitate the stubbornne...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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, s...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The eighth month ] the month Bul (see 1 Kings 6:38 ), corresponding to part of October-November. The second year of Darius ] i.e. 520 b.c. This wa...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Lessons from the Past. The First and Second Visions 1-6. The Prophet's message. He calls the people to repentance. 8-17 . The First Vision: The...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The prophet is (in spite of the accents), no doubt, to be referred to Zechariah. (See further in my Hebrew Student Commentary. ) LXX., πρὸς Ζαχαρι...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(1-6) On the four-and-twentieth day of the sixth mouth of the second year (B.C. 520) of Darius Hystaspis, the re-building of the Temple had been resu...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ZECHARIAH THE PROPHET Zechariah 1:1-6 ; Ezra 5:1 ; Ezra 6:14 ZECHARIAH is one of the prophets whose personality as distinguished from their m...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Vision of Pardon and Restoration Zechariah 1:1-17 Zechariah does not slur over the sins of the past, but lays stress on the divine forgivenes...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

About a month after Haggai's second message, in which he had encouraged the people who were in danger of being disheartened by the memory of the past...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS The Prophet soon enters upon the account of his vision, after giving his name, and descent, and the date of his prophecy. The close of this...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

In the eighth month ,.... The month Marchesvan, called the month Bul, in 1 Kings 6:38 which answers to part of our October, and part of November:...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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, sayin...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

In the eighth month This month, according to that reckoning which begins the year with the month Abib, or Nisan, Exodus 12:2 , falls in with the l...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

God's Call to Return to Him (vv. 1-6) Zechariah's name means "Jehovah remembers." He was the son of Berechiah ("Jehovah blesses") who was the son...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Repentance Urged. B. C. 520. 1 In the...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Courier New; ZECHARIAH CHAPTER 1 Zechariah exhorteth to repentance, Malachi 1:1-6 . His vision of the horses and their angelic riders, Mala...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

God's Call to the People to Return to Him and Live in Obedience to His Demands - The Offer of a New Beginning ( Zechariah 1:1-6 ). Zechariah is th...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Zechariah 1:2 . Sore ] Lit. displeased with displeasure, wrath not common, whose greatness is given as a ground for their retu...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zechariah 1:1 . Zechariah; that is, the memory of God; a name which might seem prophetic, for the Lord remembered his people while yet in Babylon....
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1-6:15 Part I. A SERIES OF EIGHT VISIONS , AND A SYMBOLICAL ACTION . Zechariah 1:1 § 1. Title of the book...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, that is, in the year 520 B. C. came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, th...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Call to Repentance
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezra 4:24 ; Ezra 5:1 ; Ezra 6:15 ; Haggai 1:1 ; Haggai 1:15 ; Haggai 2:1 ; Haggai 2:10 ; Haggai 2:20 ; Luke 11:51 ; Matthew 23:35 ; Nehemi...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Man among the Myrtle Trees Zechariah 1:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The visions have to do primarily with God's dealings with His chosen people...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

In the eighth month — Two months after Haggai began to encourage the Jews to build the temple. Zechariah — Probably this is that Zechariah whom the...

¹ 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,

Related Commentaries of Zechariah 1:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Zechariah 1:1