Zechariah (Hebrew prophet)
Template:Short description Template:Distinguish Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox person ZechariahTemplate:Efn<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> was a person in the Hebrew Bible traditionally considered the author of the Book of Zechariah, the eleventh of the Twelve Minor Prophets.
ProphetEdit
The Book of Zechariah introduces him as the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo.<ref>Zechariah 1:1</ref> The Book of Ezra names Zechariah as the son of Iddo,<ref>Template:Bibleverse and Template:Bibleverse</ref> but it is likely that Berechiah was Zechariah's father and Iddo his grandfather.<ref name=JE/> Targum Lamentations 2:20 names this Zechariah son of Iddo, as does the book of Matthew 23:35. This is not the same person as Iddo the Seer, who lived during the reigns of Solomon, Rehoboam, and Abijah,<ref>2nd Chronicles 9:29, 12:15, and 13:22</ref> and is most likely the Iddo mentioned in Ezra 8:17.<ref>Ezra 8:17</ref> His name means "Yah remembers".<ref>Strong's Lexicon: 2148. Zechariah, accessed on 9 January 2025</ref>
Zechariah's prophetical career probably began in the second year of Darius the Great, king of the Achaemenid Empire (520 BCE).<ref name="JE"/> His greatest concern appears to have been with the building of the Second Temple.<ref name="JE">Template:Cite book</ref> He features in chapters 1–8 of the book of Zechariah but he does not appear in the remaining chapters of the book (chapters 9–14).<ref>Jerusalem Bible (1966), Introduction to the Prophets: Zechariah, p. 1139, London: Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd and Doubleday and Co. Inc.</ref>
Liturgical commemorationEdit
On the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar, his feast day is 8 February. He is commemorated in the calendar of saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church on the Tuesday after the fifth Sunday of Pentecost<ref>Domar: the calendrical and liturgical cycle of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church, Armenian Orthodox Theological Research Institute, 2003</ref> and, with the other Minor Prophets, on 31 July. The Catholic Church honors him with a feast day assigned to 6 September.
See alsoEdit
- Tomb of the Prophets
- Zechariah (given name) for the derivation and translations of his name
- Zechariah (New Testament figure), the father of John the Baptist in the New Testament
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