E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 1:7
Upon , &c. See note on p. 1280. eleventh month . Three months after Zechariah 1:1 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 1:7
"Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Jehovah unto Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying."The time indicated here was exactly five months after the rebuilding of the temple had been resumed (Haggai 1:15), and Keil thought that, "The choice of the day for the divine revelation to Zechariah was evidently connected with that."[18] This was also some two months after the last... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 1:7
Zechariah 1:7. Upon the four-and-twentieth, &c.— The second revelation, made to Zechariah about three months after the first, contains eight distinct visions following each other in the same night. The first vision is of an angel in a human form, sitting on horseback in a low valley among myrtle-trees, attended by others upon horses of different colours. The prophet asks the meaning, and is informed that they were the ministers of Providence, sent to examine into the state of the whole... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 1:7
7. The general plan of the nine following visions ( :-) is first to present the symbol; then, on a question being put, to subjoin the interpretation. Though the visions are distinct, they form one grand whole, presented in one night to the prophet's mind, two or three months after the prophet's first commission (Zechariah 1:1). Sebat—the eleventh month of the Jewish year, from the new moon in February to the new moon in March. The term is Chaldee, meaning a "shoot," namely, the month when trees... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 1:7
Zechariah received another revelation from the Lord three months after his previous one in Darius’ second year, 520 B.C. The second year of Darius was 520 B.C., but the eleventh month would have been January-February. In our modern calendar this would have been 519 B.C."On the same day (24 Shebat), five months earlier, the rebuilding of the temple had been resumed (cf. Haggai 1:14-15; see also Haggai 2:10; Haggai 2:18; Haggai 2:20). It was evidently a day in which God had special delight... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 1:7-8
II. THE EIGHT NIGHT VISIONS AND FOUR MESSAGES 1:7-6:8Zechariah received eight apocalyptic visions in one night (Zechariah 1:7). As the text shows, they concerned God’s purpose for the future of Israel, particularly Jerusalem, the seat of the Davidic dynasty and the site of the temple, and Judah. They deal with issues of more immediate concern to the restoration community, though none of them was fulfilled in Zechariah’s day. The broad theme of this section is the coming of the King. The purpose... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 1:7-15
1. The vision proper 1:7-15 read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 1:7-17
A. The horseman among the myrtle trees 1:7-17This first vision emphasizes that God was lovingly jealous of His chosen people and would restore them even though they were troubled at present and the nations that oppressed them were at ease (cf. Habakkuk). In the vision an angelic patrol reported on the state of the whole earth. This vision presents hope for dispersed and downtrodden Israel. [Note: Unger, p. 25.] read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 1:1-21
Lessons from the Past. The First and Second Visions1-6. The Prophet’s message. He calls the people to repentance. 8-17. The First Vision: The Divine Messengers ever watching over the affairs of the nations. 18-21. The Second Vision: Hostile nations subdued by divinely-appointed agents.1. 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 was the first Darius, son of Hystaspes, who had just succeeded to the... read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:7-21
Encouragement to the builders (1:7-2:13)In the first vision some mounted patrol officers have just returned from a tour of duty and report to a rider on a red horse who is standing among some trees (7-10). The patrol officers report that throughout the empire all is calm and peaceful (11).This report may be good news for the Persians but it is not for the Jews, who have now been in bondage to foreign overlords for more than seventy years. They long for freedom and pray for God’s mercy (12-13).... read more