# Zechariah 1:17

> Proclaim further that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘My cities will again overflow with prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.’”

— Zechariah 1:17, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

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

## 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

- Isaiah 51:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/51/3
- Zechariah 2:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/2/12
- 2 Chronicles 6:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/6/6
- Psalms 69:35 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/69/35
- Isaiah 14:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/14/1
- Isaiah 44:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/44/26
- Isaiah 54:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/54/8
- Isaiah 61:4-6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/61/4

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/1/17
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).