# Zechariah 1:21

> “What are these coming to do?” I asked. And He replied, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head; but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations that have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

— Zechariah 1:21, Berean Standard Bible

## 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

- Psalms 75:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/75/10
- Psalms 75:4-5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/75/4
- Lamentations 2:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/2/17
- Zechariah 1:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/1/19
- Daniel 12:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/12/7

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/1/21
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).