# Zechariah 8:19

> “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”

— Zechariah 8:19, 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

- Jeremiah 39:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/39/2
- Zechariah 8:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/8/16
- Zechariah 7:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/7/3
- Zechariah 7:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/7/5
- 2 Kings 25:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/25/25
- Psalms 30:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/30/11
- Jeremiah 52:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/52/4
- 2 Kings 25:3-4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/25/3

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/8/19
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/8
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).