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==Zechariah the Writer== | ==Zechariah the Writer== | ||
The name Zechariah(זְכַרְיָה) means “The [[Jehovah|LORD]] remembers,” and is a common name that more than thirty people named Zechariah appear in the Old Testament alone.<ref>[https://www.everand.com/read/314659981/Zechariah-Everyman-s-Bible-Commentary Zechariah- Everyman's Bible Commentary], Carl Laney, ''Moody Publishers'', August 5, 1984, pg. 7</ref> The prophet Zechariah, who wrote this book, was the son of Berekiah, and the grandson of Iddo. According to the records in [[ | The name Zechariah(זְכַרְיָה) means “The [[Jehovah|LORD]] remembers,” and is a common name that more than thirty people named Zechariah appear in the Old Testament alone.<ref>[https://www.everand.com/read/314659981/Zechariah-Everyman-s-Bible-Commentary Zechariah- Everyman's Bible Commentary], Carl Laney, ''Moody Publishers'', August 5, 1984, pg. 7</ref> The prophet Zechariah, who wrote this book, was the son of Berekiah, and the grandson of Iddo. According to the records in [[Ezra (Bible)|Ezra]] and [[Nehemiah]], he likely belonged to a [[priest]]<nowiki/>ly lineage.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezra+5%3A1&version=NIV |title=Ezra 5:1 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Nehemiah+12%3A12-16&version=NIV |title=Nehemiah 12:12–16 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> When the Israelites returned to [[Jerusalem]] after being freed from the [[Babylon]]<nowiki/>ian captivity, he encouraged them to build the temple, and saw God’s will in various visions and delivered them. | ||
==Record Background== | ==Record Background== | ||