# Zechariah 5:4

> I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”

— Zechariah 5:4, 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

- Proverbs 3:33 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/3/33
- Habakkuk 2:9-11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/habakkuk/2/9
- Malachi 3:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/malachi/3/5
- Leviticus 14:34-45 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/14/34
- Deuteronomy 7:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/7/26
- Job 18:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/18/15
- James 5:2-3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/5/2

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/5/4
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/5
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).