# Zechariah 1:3

> So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’

— Zechariah 1:3, 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

- Jeremiah 3:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/3/22
- Malachi 3:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/malachi/3/7
- Joel 2:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/2/12
- Deuteronomy 30:2-10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/30/2
- Jeremiah 4:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/4/1
- Isaiah 31:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/31/6
- Jeremiah 12:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/12/15
- Hosea 6:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/6/1

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/1/3
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).