Zechariah 6:5
And the angel told me, “These are the four spirits of heaven, going forth from their station before the Lord of all the earth.
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
- Ezekiel 10:9-19 Then I looked and saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. And the wheels gleamed like a beryl stone. …
- Ezekiel 37:9 Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and tell the breath that this is what the Lord GOD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into…
- Hebrews 1:7 Now about the angels He says: “He makes His angels winds, His servants flames of fire.”
- Hebrews 1:14 Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
- 2 Chronicles 18:18-19 Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing on His right and on His left. …
- Psalms 104:3-4 laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind. …
- Revelation 7:1 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back its four winds so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree.
- 1 Kings 22:19 Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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