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Introduction:
Zechariah is presented to the reader as a prophet. The book does not address the
prophet’s personal life as Hosea and Jonah. The reader is only presented with Zechariah
as a faithful servant of the Lord.1 This book ministered to the children of Israel in early
post- exile. There are three messages contained within the first eight chapters. There are
two “oracles” In the final chapters.2 This work will provide historical context of the book
of Zecheriah, will provide the author and audience of whom the book was written, and
provide specifically an exegetical study and commentary of Zecheriah 12-14.
Historical Setting and Date
\Zecheriah began his ministry during the second year of Darius (Zechariah 1:1
New Living Translation). This period followed a tremendous uproar in the Persian
empire. It was a transition from Cambyses, King Cyrus son to Darius (520-522 B.C).
According to Boda, “This may have raised hopes among the Jews that now Israel might
be able to take its place as the seat of God’s universal rule of the nations.”3 This was not
to be as Darius squelched rebellions across the empire.4
1 George Klein, The New American Commentary An Exegetical and Theological Exposition of Holy
Scripture, Zechariah VOL. 21 B (Nashville, TN: B&H Publishing, 2008), 55.
2 Robert B. Chisholm, Handbook on the Prophets (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2009).
3 Mark J. Boda, The NIV Application Commentary, Haggai and Zechariah (New York, NY: Harper Collins
Christian Publishing, 2004), 174.
4 Boda, The NIV Application Commentary, Haggai and Zechariah, 174.
