# Zechariah 8:9

> This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Let your hands be strong, you who now hear these words spoken by the prophets who were present when the foundations were laid to rebuild the temple, the house of the LORD of Hosts.

— Zechariah 8:9, 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

- Isaiah 35:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/35/4
- 1 Chronicles 22:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-chronicles/22/13
- Ezra 5:1-2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/5/1
- Haggai 2:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/haggai/2/21
- Ephesians 6:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ephesians/6/10
- 2 Timothy 2:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-timothy/2/1

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/8/9
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/8
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).