Zechariah
Old Testament · Minor Prophets · 14 chapters
Night visions and promises encouraging the returned exiles, including a humble king riding a donkey and God’s presence in Jerusalem.
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Context
- Genre
- Prophecy and visions
- Authorship
- The prophet Zechariah
- Date
- 6th century BCE (chapters 1–8); chapters 9–14 debated
- Setting
- Jerusalem
- Original language
- Hebrew
- In the original
- רוּחַruach — spirit, wind
- Related texts
- Haggai 1–2 · prophet of the same periodEzra 5 · rebuilding the temple