# Zechariah 1:16

> Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declares the LORD of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’

— Zechariah 1:16, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem

## When

- 520-518 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: Zechariah 1:1 dates itself by the eighth month of the second year of Darius.

## Who ruled

- **Darius I**, king of Persia, 522-486 BC · Source: Behistun Inscription, written at his order in three languages; Herodotus III

## See also

- Zechariah 8:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/8/3
- Ezra 6:14-15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/6/14
- Ezekiel 37:24-28 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/37/24
- Zechariah 2:10-11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/2/10
- Job 38:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/38/5
- Isaiah 54:8-10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/54/8
- Zechariah 4:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/4/9
- Ezekiel 39:25-29 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/39/25

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/1/16
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).