The Book Of Zechariah

זְכַרְיָה

zᵊḵaryâ Yahweh remembers

Time period of  Ezra 5 – 6

560 – 480 BC

Zechariahזְכַרְיָה
Transliteration:zᵊḵaryâ Pronunciation:zek-ar-yaw’ – Meaning “Yahweh remembers” minor prophet; a priest, son of Berechiah and grandson of Iddo, who, along with Haggai, directed the rebuilding of the temple in the days of Zerubbabel For more info click here
, a younger contemporary of the prophet Haggaiחַגַּי
(/ˈhæɡaɪ/ Ḥaggay; Koine Greek: Ἀγγαῖος; Latin: Aggaeus) or Aggeus His name means “my holidays.” For more info click here
, addressed himself to the same task as Haggaiחַגַּי
(/ˈhæɡaɪ/ Ḥaggay; Koine Greek: Ἀγγαῖος; Latin: Aggaeus) or Aggeus His name means “my holidays.” For more info click here
, that of inducing the people to rebuild the temple . His written message forms a significant link between the earlier prophets to whose ministry he makes reference (1.6) and the later phases of Elohim’sאֱלֹהִים
romanized: ʾĔlōhīm: [(ʔ)eloˈ(h)im]), the plural of אֱלוֹהַּ‎ (ʾĔlōah), is a Hebrew word meaning “gods”. Although the word is plural, in the Hebrew Bible it most often takes singular verbal or pronominal agreement and refers to a single deity particularly the God of Israel In other verses it refers to the singular gods of other nations or to deities in the plural A name for GOD — God The Creator. For more info click here
redemptive work to which his book bears such eloquent testimony.

Arthur

While the first eight chapters of the book are ascribed to Zechariahזְכַרְיָה
Transliteration:zᵊḵaryâ Pronunciation:zek-ar-yaw’ – Meaning “Yahweh remembers” minor prophet; a priest, son of Berechiah and grandson of Iddo, who, along with Haggai, directed the rebuilding of the temple in the days of Zerubbabel For more info click here
in 520 B.c., the date of chapters 9-14 is widely disputed, and many deny that Zechariahזְכַרְיָה
Transliteration:zᵊḵaryâ Pronunciation:zek-ar-yaw’ – Meaning “Yahweh remembers” minor prophet; a priest, son of Berechiah and grandson of Iddo, who, along with Haggai, directed the rebuilding of the temple in the days of Zerubbabel For more info click here
wrote them. Some have argued pre-Zecharian authorship; others defend a date later than the prophet’s time, the latter view being at present the dominant one. Absolute certainty is not easily obtained. Although differences should be recognized, similarity in atti­tude between the two parts would suggest their unity of origin. To assign the second part to Macedonian times because of the reference to Greece in 9.13 is to assume that Zechariahזְכַרְיָה
Transliteration:zᵊḵaryâ Pronunciation:zek-ar-yaw’ – Meaning “Yahweh remembers” minor prophet; a priest, son of Berechiah and grandson of Iddo, who, along with Haggai, directed the rebuilding of the temple in the days of Zerubbabel For more info click here
, as a true prophet of Elohimאֱלֹהִים
romanized: ʾĔlōhīm: [(ʔ)eloˈ(h)im]), the plural of אֱלוֹהַּ‎ (ʾĔlōah), is a Hebrew word meaning “gods”. Although the word is plural, in the Hebrew Bible it most often takes singular verbal or pronominal agreement and refers to a single deity particularly the God of Israel In other verses it refers to the singular gods of other nations or to deities in the plural A name for GOD — God The Creator. For more info click here
to whom future things are revealed, could not have foreseen Greece’s future prominence. Then, Zechariahזְכַרְיָה
Transliteration:zᵊḵaryâ Pronunciation:zek-ar-yaw’ – Meaning “Yahweh remembers” minor prophet; a priest, son of Berechiah and grandson of Iddo, who, along with Haggai, directed the rebuilding of the temple in the days of Zerubbabel For more info click here
, who started his ministry in 520 B.c., may well have lived to witness the important victories gained by Greece over the Persians (Iran) in 490 and 480 B.C. These could point to future Greek domination.