Zechariah 1:7
ContextThe Introduction to the Visions
1:7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month Shebat, in Darius’ second year, 1 the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah son of Iddo, as follows:
Zechariah 8:19
Context8:19 “The Lord who rules over all says, ‘The fast of the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth 2 months will become joyful and happy, pleasant feasts for the house of Judah, so love truth and peace.’
1 sn The twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month…in Darius’ second year was February 15, 519
2 sn The fasts of the fifth and seventh months, mentioned previously (7:5), are listed here along with the observances of the fourth and tenth months. The latter commemorated the siege of Jerusalem by the Babylonians on January 15, 588