# Zechariah 8:3

> This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”

— Zechariah 8:3, 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

- Zechariah 1:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/1/16
- John 1:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/1/14
- Isaiah 1:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/1/26
- Isaiah 66:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/66/20
- Jeremiah 30:10-11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/30/10
- Jeremiah 31:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/31/23
- Jeremiah 33:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/33/16
- Joel 3:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/3/17

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/8/3
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/8
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).