# Zechariah 1:9

> “What are these, my lord?” I asked. And the angel who was speaking with me replied, “I will show you what they are.”

— Zechariah 1:9, 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

- Zechariah 4:4-5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/4/4
- Revelation 7:13-14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/7/13
- Genesis 31:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/31/11
- Daniel 9:22-23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/9/22
- Zechariah 1:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/1/19
- Zechariah 2:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/2/3
- Zechariah 5:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/5/5

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/1/9
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).