Zechariah 12:8

The angel of the Lord] that led Israel in the wilderness: cp. Exodus 23:20.

10. Even repentance comes of the grace of God. Upon me] better, 'unto me.' The text is obscure. Some read 'him,' when the reference would be to some unknown martyr in the cause of Jerusalem,

11. The mourning is likened to some great national lamentation. Some connect it with the worship of Adonis (Tammuz, Ezekiel 8:14), taking Hadadrimmon as one of the titles of Adonis. Others refer it to a mourning over Ramman, the Assyrian thunder god; others ascribe the mourning to the sacrifice of children to this god; and many take it as the mourning at the death of Josiah, who was slain at Megiddo in the plain of Esdraelon. In any case, the ultimate application of the prophecy to the sufferings and death of Christ is most appropriate.

Megiddon] Elsewhere Megiddo—in central Palestine, the battlefield of Israel. Here fought Barak, Joshua, Saul, and Josiah; here the Jews believed would be the final battlefield of the nations—the Har-Magedon of Revelation 16:16. Such a place where so many had been slain might well be a place of mourning.