When they — The captives who still continued in Babylon. The house of God — The temple, which now half built began to be frequented. Regem — melech — It appears not who these were, but no doubt they were eminent in dignity and piety. Their men — The train of friends that accompanied them. To pray — To intreat the Lord for pardon of what was past, acceptance of them at present, and an answer to their enquiry.
Verse Zechariah 7:2. _WHEN THEY HAD SENT - SHEREZER AND REGEM-MELECH_] To inquire whether the fasts should be continued, which they had hitherto observed on account of their ruined temple; and the rea...
WHEN THEY HELD SENT UNTO THE HOUSE OF GOD - Rather, “And Bethel sent;” that is, the inhabitants of Bethel sent. “The house of God” is nowhere in Holy Scripture called Bethel. Bethel is always the name...
II. QUESTIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN FASTS CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The question (Zechariah 7:1) _ 2. The reproof (Zechariah 7:4) 3. The lessons of the past (Zechariah 7:8)...
ZECHARIAH 7:1 F. The original account of the question about the fasting and Zechariah's answer has been considerably amplified by the insertion of other prophecies, probably later compositions, though...
THEY HAD SENT UNTO THE HOUSE OF GOD, &c.: or, when Sherezer had sent (and Regem-melech and his men) to Bethel", &c. Beth-el had already been occupied by exiles returned from Babylon. See Ezra 2:28; Ne...
_when they had sent unto the house of God_ Rather, AND (OR NOW) BETHEL SENT. "Now _they of_Bethel had sent." R. V. Having announced the fact and the date of the word of Jehovah coming to him again in...
WHEN THEY HAD SENT, &C.— Who it was that _sent_ appears from Zechariah 7:5 where God commands the prophet to answer _all the people and the priests._ The people held a fast as a mournful memorial of t...
CHAPTER XXXVI TEACHING ABOUT WORSHIP Chapter seven has been called _A Call to Civic Duty._ We cannot subscribe to this summary of the prophetic message contained in this chapter, but we mention it to...
When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD, WHEN THEY HAD SENT UNTO THE HOUSE OF GOD SHEREZER AND REGEM-MELECH, AND THEIR MEN - the Je...
7:2 Bethel (a-2) i.e. those of Bethel....
WARNINGS FROM THE PAST Chs.7 and 8 go together, and were spoken on a date (fourth day of the ninth month in the fourth year of Darius) two years later than the series of visions described above, viz....
WHEN THEY HAD SENT UNTO THE HOUSE OF GOD SHEREZER] RV 'now _they_ of Beth-el had sent Sherezer.' The v. is difficult. Some scholars suggest the translation: 'Now Bethel, Sharezer, and Regem-melech.. h...
GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES ZECHARIAH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 7 V1 The word of the *LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the 9th month (called) Kislev. This happened in the fourth year...
WHEN THEY HAD SENT... BEFORE THE LORD. — Better, _Then_ [the people of] _Bethel_ [such as] _Sherezer and Regemmelech, and his men, sent to entreat the Lord._ “Bethel” stands for the inhabitants of Bet...
וַ יִּשְׁלַח֙ בֵּֽית־אֵ֔ל שַׂר־אֶ֕צֶר וְ רֶ֥גֶם מֶ֖לֶךְ...
Zechariah 8:1 "THE SEED OF PEACE" Zechariah 7:1; Zechariah 8:1 THE Visions have revealed the removal of the guilt of the land, the restoration of Israel to their standing before God, the revival of...
THE PENALTY OF INJUSTICE AND CRUELTY Zechariah 7:1-14 During their captivity the Jews observed four feasts. That of the 10th month recalled the first enclosure of Jerusalem by the enemies' lines; of...
The third message of Zechariah was uttered nearly two years later. It was a fourfold answer to an inquiry made by the people concerning the necessity for observing certain fasts. The history of these...
When (b) they had sent to the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD, (b) That is, the rest of the people that yet remained in Chaldea, sent to the Church at Jer...
_And. Septuagint from; (St. Jerome) or, "to Bethel sent Sarasar and Arbesesar, the king and his men, to render the face of the Lord propitious." (Haydock) --- These were Persian governors under Darius...
When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer, and Regem-melech, 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 pr...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes a great deal far...
He says first, that messengers were sent to _entreat the face of Jehovah_. Here by the word entreating or praying, the Prophet means also sacrifices. For it is certain that the Jews prayed in exile, a...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, 9, AND 10. The prophecy, from chapter 7 to the end of the book, has for its special object the introduction of the Messiah in Israel, with the consequen...
WHEN THEY HAD SENT UNTO THE HOUSE OF GOD,.... It is, in the Hebrew text, "when he sent Bethel"; which some, as Kimchi observes, take to be the name of a man that was sent along with those after mentio...
When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD, Ver. 2. _When they had sent_] They? who? Not the princes of Persia, that were now proselyted...
_The word of the Lord came unto Zechariah_, &c. In this and the next chapter is contained a third and distinct revelation made to Zechariah, about two years after the former; of which the occasion and...
when they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regem-melech and their men to pray before the Lord, rather, Bethel, that is, the citizens of this city, sent Sherezer and Regem-melech, the first...
THE QUESTION PROPOSED...
A QUESTION ANSWERED NEGATIVELY (vv. 1-7) The visions and prophecies of the first six Chapter s are connected with the eighth month of the second year of the reign of Darius (Zechariah 1:1). It is tw...
TO PRAY BEFORE THE LORD: _ Heb._ to intreat the face of the Lord...
1-7 If we truly desire to know the will of God in doubtful matters, we must not only consult his word and ministers, but seek his direction by fervent prayer. Those who would know God's mind should c...
WHEN THEY, either the captives which still continued in Babylon, or the Jews returned out of captivity, but who dwelt in the country at distance from Jerusalem, HAD SENT UNTO THE HOUSE OF GOD; the tem...
Zechariah 7:2 sent H7971 (H8799) Sherezer H8272 Regem-Melech H7278 men H582 house H1004 God H410 pray H2470 ...
FURTHER PROPHECIES OF ZECHARIAH (ZECHARIAH 7:1 TO ZECHARIAH 8:23) These prophecies occur approximately two years after the previous ones demonstrating that Zechariah's ministry continued. It would ap...
QUESTIONS ABOUT FASTING (ZECHARIAH 7:1). There may be a contrast intended here between those who had come from Babylon seeking news about the Branch, bringing gold and silver for his crown, who had ha...
THEY "They," that is, of the captivity in Babylon. The mission of these Jews of the captivity concerned a fast day instituted by the Jews in commemoration of the destruction of Jerusalem, wholly of t...
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;_ God's prophets were not al...
CONTENTS: The mission from Babylon, and Jehovah's answer to the question of fasts. Why prayer was not answered. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Darius, Zechariah, Sherezer, Regemmelich. CONCLUSION: Wh...
Zechariah 7:1. _In the fourth year of Darius_ Hystaspes, _in the ninth month,_ the end of November, a deputation went from Babylon to Jerusalem, a long journey in the beginning of winter, to enquire i...
_When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer, and Regemmelech, and their men to pray before the Lord _ THE LEFT ONES IN CAPTIVITY It must be observed that though all had not so much courage as...
ZECHARIAH 7:1 From Fasts to Feasts. This section mentions fasts that commemorate the destruction of Jerusalem, which will be transformed into feasts celebrating its renewal. The renewal gives the peop...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 7:2 The weeping and fasting described here were rituals intended to show repentance in the hope of gaining help from the Lord (see 2 Samuel 12:21). Now that the templ
CRITICAL NOTES.] The Didactic part. Replies to questions relative to fasts observed by the Jews, but which they supposed no longer binding after restoration to prosperity. FOURTH] Two years, nearly, a...
EXPOSITION VERSE 1-8:23 Part II. THE ANSWER TO A QUESTION CONCERNING THE OBSERVANCE OF CERTAIN FASTS. ZECHARIAH 7:1 § 1. A deputation comes fr
Now some men came to Zechariah with a question. While they were in Babylon they had been observing a couple of days of fasting. The day... they commemorated the day that the temple was destroyed by th...
1 Kings 13:6; 1 Samuel 13:12; Exodus 32:11; Ezra 6:10; Ezra 7:15;...