# Zechariah 7:6

> And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves?

— Zechariah 7:6, 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

- 1 Corinthians 11:20-21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-corinthians/11/20
- 1 Corinthians 11:26-29 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-corinthians/11/26
- Hosea 8:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/8/13
- Colossians 3:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/colossians/3/17

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/7/6
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/7
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).