Zechariah 7:1 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zechariah 7:1-7

This occasional sermon, which the prophet preached, and which is recorded in this and the next chapter, was above two years after the former, in which he gave them an account of his visions, as appears by comparing the date of this (Zech. 7:1), in the ninth month of the fourth year of Darius, with the date of that (Zech. 1:1), in the eighth month of the second year of Darius; not that Zechariah was idle all that while (it is expressly said that he and Haggai continued prophesying till the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 7:1

And it came to pass, in the fourth year of King Darius ,.... Near two years after the foundation of the temple was laid, Haggai 2:10 and near two years before it was finished, Ezra 6:15 when the work was going forward, and there was a great deal of reason to believe it would be completed: that the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah, in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu : which answers to part of our October, and part of November. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 7:1

The fourth year of Ring Darius - Two years after they began to rebuild the temple, see Zechariah 1:1 , A.M. 3486. The ninth month, even in Chisleu - This answers to a part of our November and December. The names of the month appear only under and after the captivity. read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 1 There is no vision here, but the answer which Zechariah was commanded to give to the messengers of the captives: for he says that some had been sent from Chaldea to offer sacrifices to God, and at the same time to inquire whether the fast, which they had appointed when the city was taken and destroyed, was to be observed. But there is some ambiguity in the words of the Prophet, for it is doubtful whether the two whom he names, even Sherezer and Regem-melech, together with the others,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 7:1

In the fourth year of King Darius. This happened, then, B.C. 518, nearly two years after the visions had occurred ( Zechariah 1:7 ). In two years more the temple was finished ( Ezra 6:15 ), and the work of rebuilding was now proceeding vigorously; it seemed a fit opportunity for inquiring whether, in this period of comparative prosperity and success, it behoved the people to continue the fast appointed in sadder times. The word of the Lord came. This is the usual formula for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 7:1-3

§ 1. A deputation comes from Bethel to ask whether a fast instituted in memory of the calamity of Jerusalem was still to be observed. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 7:1-7

Hypocrisy unmasked. "And it came to pass in the fourth year of King Darius, that the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah," etc. In the latter half of the last chapter we were told of an embassy to Jerusalem, which met with acceptance and honour. In the present passage we read of another, which meets with just the opposite treatment. The question asked by these messengers is not answered at all in this chapter. Not only so, those who ask it are indirectly rebuked for so doing. Why this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 7:1-7

Religious beliefs that are right; religious services that are wrong. "And it came to pass in the fourth year," etc. The preceding visions and symbolic actions recorded in this book occurred, we are informed, in the eighth month of the second year of King Darius. What is here recorded appears to have taken place in the ninth month of the fourth year of that king's reign—about two years later. The ninth month is here called Chisleu, and corresponds with the latter part of November and the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 7:1-14

God and men. I. THE UNITY OF GOD 'S PURPOSE . God's thoughts do not vary, though he varies his methods. His end for nations and individuals is always the same—advancement, not merely in knowledge and culture, but in moral goodness. II. THE MERCIFULNESS OF GOD 'S WARNINGS . At no time hath God left himself without wirelesses. By word and providence and in countless ways his warnings come. We see this in the past. ( Zechariah 7:7 , "former prophets.") So in the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 7:1

In the fourth year of Darius - Two years after the series of visions, shown to him, and two years before the completion of the temple. Chisleu being December, it was the end of 518 b.c. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zechariah 7:1-7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 7:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 7:1

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 7:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 7:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 7:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 7:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 7:1-14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 7:1

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