# Zechariah 3:8

> Hear now, O high priest Joshua, you and your companions seated before you, who are indeed a sign. For behold, I am going to bring My servant, the Branch.

— Zechariah 3:8, 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

- Isaiah 11:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/11/1
- Jeremiah 23:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/23/5
- Zechariah 6:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/6/12
- Isaiah 42:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/42/1
- Isaiah 53:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/53/2
- Jeremiah 33:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/33/15
- Isaiah 4:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/4/2
- Isaiah 20:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/20/3

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/3/8
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/3
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).