# Zechariah 5:11

> “To build a house for it in the land of Shinar,” he told me. “And when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its pedestal.”

— Zechariah 5:11, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Shinar** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/shinar

## 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

- Genesis 10:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/10/10
- Genesis 11:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/11/2
- Daniel 1:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/1/2
- Genesis 14:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/14/1
- Isaiah 11:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/11/11
- Jeremiah 29:28 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/29/28
- Luke 21:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/21/24
- Hosea 3:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/3/4

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/5/11
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/5
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).