Discovery BoxZechariah 1:10-11 
Context1:10 Then the man standing among the myrtle trees spoke up and said, “These are the ones whom the Lord has sent to walk about 1 on the earth.” 1:11 The riders then agreed with the angel of the Lord, 2 who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have been walking about on the earth, and now everything is at rest and quiet.”
Zechariah 4:12
Context4:12 Before he could reply I asked again, “What are these two extensions 3 of the olive trees, which are emptying out the golden oil through the two golden pipes?”
Zechariah 7:13
Context7:13 “‘It then came about that just as I 4 cried out, but they would not obey, so they will cry out, but I will not listen,’ the Lord Lord who rules over all had said.
Zechariah 8:6
Context8:6 And,’ says the Lord who rules over all, ‘though such a thing may seem to be difficult in the opinion of the small community of those days, will it also appear difficult to me?’ asks the Lord who rules over all.
Zechariah 9:8
Context9:8 Then I will surround my temple 5 to protect it like a guard 6 from anyone crossing back and forth; so no one will cross over against them anymore as an oppressor, for now I myself have seen it.
Zechariah 11:9
Context11:9 I then said, “I will not shepherd you. What is to die, let it die, and what is to be eradicated, let it be eradicated. As for those who survive, let them eat each other’s flesh!”
Zechariah 11:11
Context11:11 So it was annulled that very day, and then the most afflicted of the flock who kept faith with me knew that that was the word of the Lord.
Zechariah 12:12
Context12:12 The land will mourn, clan by clan – the clan of the royal household of David by itself and their wives by themselves; the clan of the family of Nathan 7 by itself and their wives by themselves;
1 sn The stem used here (Hitpael) with the verb “walk” (הָלַךְ, halakh) suggests the exercise of dominion (cf. Gen 13:17; Job 1:7; 2:2-3; Ezek 28:14; Zech 6:7). The
2 sn The angel of the
3 tn The usual meaning of the Hebrew term שְׁבֹּלֶת (shÿbolet) is “ears” (as in ears of grain). Here it probably refers to the produce of the olive trees, i.e., olives. Many English versions render the term as “branches,” but cf. NAB “tufts.”
4 tn Heb “he.” Since the third person pronoun refers to the
5 tn Heb “house” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).
6 tn Though a hapax legomenon, the מִצָּבָה (mitsavah) of the MT (from נָצַב, natsav, “take a stand”) is preferable to the suggestion מַצֵּבָה (matsevah, “pillar”) or even מִצָּבָא (mitsava’, “from” or “against the army”). The context favors the idea of the
7 sn By the time of Zechariah the line of descent from David had already been transferred from the Solomon branch to the Nathan branch (the clan of the family of Nathan). Nathan was a son of David (2 Sam 5:14) through whom Jesus eventually came (Luke 3:23-31). Matthew traces Jesus’ ancestry back through Solomon (Matt 1:6-16) but apparently this is to tie Joseph into the Davidic (and thus messianic) line. The “official” descent of Jesus may be viewed as passing through Solomon whereas the “physical” descent came through Nathan.
