# Zechariah 8:2

> This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I am jealous for Zion with great zeal; I am jealous for her with great fervor.”

— Zechariah 8:2, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem
- **Zion** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/zion

## 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

- Joel 2:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/2/18
- Psalms 78:58-59 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/78/58
- Zechariah 1:14-16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/1/14
- Isaiah 42:13-14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/42/13
- Nahum 1:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/1/2

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/8/2
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/8
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).