# Zechariah 1:5

> Where are your fathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever?

— Zechariah 1:5, 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

- Ecclesiastes 12:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/12/5
- 2 Peter 3:2-4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-peter/3/2
- Job 14:10-12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/14/10
- Psalms 90:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/90/10
- Ecclesiastes 12:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/12/7
- Hebrews 9:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/9/27

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/1/5
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).