Zechariah 4:2
“What do you see?” he asked. “I see a solid gold lampstand,” I replied, “with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven spouts to the lamps.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHEN
- 520-518 BC
WHEN
520-518 BC
dated by the text itself
WHO RULED
- Darius I king of Persia 522-486 BC
SOURCES
- date — Zechariah 1:1 dates itself by the eighth month of the second year of Darius.
- Darius I — Behistun Inscription, written at his order in three languages; Herodotus III
SEE ALSO
- Revelation 4:5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven Spirits of God.
- Revelation 1:12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands,
- Matthew 5:14-16 You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. …
- Exodus 25:31-38 Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals. …
- Jeremiah 52:19 The captain of the guard also took away the basins, censers, sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands, pans, and drink offering bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.
- Zechariah 5:2 “What do you see?” asked the angel. “I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.”
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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