# Zechariah 7:3

> by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?”

— Zechariah 7:3, 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

- Zechariah 8:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/8/19
- James 4:8-10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/4/8
- Hosea 4:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/4/6
- Malachi 2:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/malachi/2/7
- Matthew 9:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/9/15
- 1 Corinthians 7:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-corinthians/7/5

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/7/3
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/7
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).