# Zechariah 7:9

> “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.

— Zechariah 7:9, 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

- Micah 6:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/micah/6/8
- Psalms 82:2-4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/82/2
- Proverbs 21:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/21/3
- Jeremiah 7:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/7/5
- Deuteronomy 10:18-19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/10/18
- Jeremiah 21:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/21/12
- Luke 11:42 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/11/42
- James 2:13-17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/2/13

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/7/9
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/7
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).