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King James Version

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;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Month;   Prophecy;   Zechariah (Zecharias);   Thompson Chain Reference - Zechariah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Months;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Chisleu;   Zechariah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Chisleu;   Fast;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Darius;   Regem Melech;   Zechariah, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chisleu;   Zechariah, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chislev;   Time;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Dari'us;   Zechariah ;   Zechariah, Prophecy of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Darius;   Fasts;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Month;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Calendar;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Feasts, and Fasts;   Kislev;   Zechariah (1);   Zechariah, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Haggai;   Kislew;   Month;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Zechariah received a message from the Lord in the fourth year that Darius was the king of Persia. This was on the fourth day of the ninth month (Kislev).
New American Standard Bible
In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Chislev.
New Century Version
In the fourth year Darius was king, on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is called Kislev, the Lord spoke his word to Zechariah.
Update Bible Version
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah in the fourth [day] of the ninth month, even in Chislev.
Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, [that] the word of the LORD came to Zechariah in the fourth [day] of the ninth month, [even] in Chisleu;
Amplified Bible
In the fourth year of [the reign of] King Darius [of Persia], the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Chislev (Dec 7, 518 B.C.).
English Standard Version
In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Chislev.
World English Bible
It happened in the fourth year of king Darius that the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And it is maad in the fourthe yeer of Darius, kyng, the word of the Lord was maad to Sacarie, in the fourthe dai of the nynthe monethe, that is Caslew.
English Revised Version
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 Chislev.
Berean Standard Bible
In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.
Contemporary English Version
On the fourth day of Chislev, the ninth month of the fourth year that Darius was king of Persia, the Lord again spoke to me.
American Standard Version
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chislev.
Bible in Basic English
And it came about in the fourth year of King Darius, that the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month Chislev.
Complete Jewish Bible
In the fourth year of King Daryavesh, on the fourth day of the ninth month, Kislev, a message from Adonai came to Z'kharyah.
Darby Translation
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah on the fourth [day] of the ninth month, [even] in Chislev,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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 Chislev;
King James Version (1611)
And it came to passe in the fourth yeere of King Darius, that the word of the Lord came vnto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth moneth, euen in Chisleu.
New Living Translation
On December 7 of the fourth year of King Darius's reign, another message came to Zechariah from the Lord .
New Life Bible
In the fourth year of King Darius, the Word of the Lord came to Zechariah. This was on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.
New Revised Standard
In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Chislev.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And in the fourth yeere of King Darius, the worde of the Lorde came vnto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth moneth, euen in Chisleu,
George Lamsa Translation
AND it came to pass in the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Canun,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, in the fourth year of Darius the king, that the word of Yahweh came unto Zechariah, on the fourth of the ninth month, in Chisleu;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the Lord came to Zacharias, in the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Casleu.
Revised Standard Version
In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechari'ah in the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Chislev.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And in the fourth yere of king Darius, the word of the lorde came vnto Zacharia in the fourth [day] of the ninth moneth, which is called Casleu,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass in the fourth year of Darius the king, that the word of the Lord came to Zacharias on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Chaseleu.
Good News Translation
In the fourth year that Darius was emperor, on the fourth day of the ninth month (the month of Kislev), the Lord gave me a message.
Christian Standard Bible®
In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Chislev.
Hebrew Names Version
It happened in the fourth year of king Daryavesh that the word of the LORD came to Zekharyah in the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Kislev.
Lexham English Bible
And then, in the fourth year of King Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Kislev.
Literal Translation
And in the fourth year of King Darius, the Word of Jehovah was to Zechariah, in the fourth of the ninth month, in Chislev.
Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, in the fourth year of Darius the king hath a word of Jehovah been unto Zechariah, in the fourth of the ninth month, in Chisleu.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
It happened also in the fourth yeare of kynge Darius, that the worde of the LORDE came vnto Zachary in the fourth daye of the ix. moneth, which is calleth Casleu:
THE MESSAGE
On the fourth day of the ninth month, in the fourth year of the reign of King Darius, God 's Message again came to Zechariah.
New English Translation
In King Darius' fourth year, on the fourth day of Kislev, the ninth month, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah.
New King James Version
Now in the fourth year of King Darius it came to pass that the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, on the fourth day of the ninth month, Chislev,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Chislev.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened that in the fourth year of King Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Chislev.

Contextual Overview

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; 2 When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, 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 prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years? 4 Then came the word of the Lord of hosts unto me, saying, 5 Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me? 6 And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves? 7 Should ye not hear the words which the Lord hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the fourth: Zechariah 1:1, Ezra 6:14, Ezra 6:15, Haggai 2:10, Haggai 2:20

Chisleu: Answering to part of November and part of December. Nehemiah 1:1

Reciprocal: Exodus 1:1 - General Zechariah 6:9 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 6:9
These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
Genesis 7:1
And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
Genesis 7:4
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
Genesis 7:5
And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him.
Genesis 7:6
And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
Genesis 7:7
And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
Genesis 7:8
Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
Genesis 7:9
There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
Genesis 7:10
And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER VII

Some Jews being sent from those who remained at Babylon to

inquire of the priests and prophets at Jerusalem whether they

were still bound to observe those fasts which had been

appointed on occasion of the destruction of Jerusalem, and kept

during the captivity, the prophet is commanded to take this

opportunity of enforcing upon them the weightier matters of

the law, judgment and mercy, that they might not incur such

calamities as befell their fathers. He also intimates that in

their former fasts they had regarded themselves more than God;

and that they had rested too much on the performance of

external rites, although the former prophets had largely

insisted on the superior excellence of moral duties, 1-14.

NOTES ON CHAP. VII

Verse Zechariah 7:1. The fourth year of King 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.


 
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