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Zechariah (Hebrew: זְכַרְיָה Zəḵaryā, meaning "remembered by Yah"; also Zachariah, Zacharias; Latin: Zacharias) was the fourteenth king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel, and son of Jeroboam II. Zechariah became king of Israel in Samaria in the thirty-eighth year of Azariah, king of Judah.
As soon as Zechariah had written on a writing table: "His name is John", he regained the power of speech, and blessed "the Lord God of Israel" with a prophecy known as the Benedictus or "Song of Zechariah" (Luke 1:57–79). Domenico Ghirlandaio's fresco Zechariah Writes Down the Name of His Son (1490, fresco in the Tornabuoni Chapel, Florence)
Zechariah (Hebrew prophet), a prophet of the kingdom of Judah, spelled this way in KJV. His writings, the Book of Zechariah. Zechariah of Israel (Zachariah in KJV), king of Israel (reigned for 6 months in c. 752 BCE), son of Jeroboam; Zechariah Ben Jehoiada, son of the High Priest in the times of Ahaziah and Joash. See also:
[2] The 'king' mentioned in this verse is interpreted by Chazal as referring to the Messiah. In the discussion regarding this verse in the Babylonian Talmud ( Sanhedrin 98a), a story is told of the Persian king Shevor, who says to Samuel, one of the Amoraim , "You say that the Messiah will come on a donkey; I will send him the riding horse that ...
Zechariah was the son of Jehoiada, the High Priest in the times of Ahaziah and Jehoash of Judah.After the death of Jehoiada, Zechariah condemned both King Jehoash and the people for their rebellion against God (2 Chronicles 24:20).
The Book of Zechariah is a Jewish text attributed to Zechariah, a Hebrew prophet of the late 6th century BC. In the Hebrew Bible, the text is included as part of the Twelve Minor Prophets, itself a part of the second division of that work. In the Christian Old Testament, the Book of Zechariah is considered to be a separate book.
Zechariah is delivering the prophecy of the King coming to Jerusalem, with the background of Jesus riding on an ass entering into Jerusalem and people spreading their clothes before him, waving palm branches. Illustration by Christoffel van Sichem (1645–1646). Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem:
King of Israel: r. 782—753 BCE: Uzziah King of Judah: r. 783–742 BCE: Jerusha: Isaiah: Zechariah King of Israel: r. 753—752 BCE: Shallum King of Israel: r. 752 BCE: Menahem King of Israel: r. 752—742 BCE: Jotham King of Judah: r. 742–735 BCE? Hephzibah: Pekahiah King of Israel: r. 742—740 BCE: Pekah King of Israel: r. 740—732 BCE ...