# Zechariah 1:8

> I looked out into the night and saw a man riding on a red horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in the hollow, and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.

— Zechariah 1:8, 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

- Revelation 6:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/6/4
- Isaiah 55:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/55/13
- Isaiah 41:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/41/19
- Zechariah 13:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/13/7
- Revelation 2:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/2/1

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/1/8
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).