# Zechariah 1:4

> Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.

— Zechariah 1:4, 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 78:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/78/8
- Psalms 106:6-7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/106/6
- Jeremiah 35:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/35/15
- Ezekiel 33:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/33/11
- 2 Chronicles 36:15-16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/36/15
- Isaiah 1:16-19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/1/16
- Jeremiah 11:6-8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/11/6
- Zechariah 1:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/1/3

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/1/4
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).