Zechariah 7:1 “In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechar…”

Zechariah 7:1

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James 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 Chisleu;

World English Bible

In the fourth year of King Darius, the LORD’s word came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And in the fourth yeere of King Darius, the worde of the Lord came vnto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth moneth, euen in Chisleu,

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,

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.

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.

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Cross references

“the fourth”

Zechariah 1:1 Haggai 2:10 Haggai 2:20 Ezra 6:14 Ezra 6:15

Zechariah 1:1 · BSB

In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying:

Haggai 2:10 · BSB

On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Haggai the prophet, saying,

Haggai 2:20 · BSB

For the second time that day, the twenty-fourth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to Haggai, saying,

Ezra 6:14 · BSB

So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and…

Ezra 6:15 · BSB

And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

“Chisleu”

Nehemiah 1:1

Nehemiah 1:1 · BSB

These are the words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah: In the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech, along with their men, to plead before the LORD

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