Discovery BoxZechariah 7:7 
Context7:7 Should you not have obeyed the words that the Lord cried out through the former prophets when Jerusalem 1 was peacefully inhabited and her surrounding cities, the Negev, and the Shephelah 2 were also populated?
Zechariah 12:7
Context12:7 The Lord also will deliver the homes 3 of Judah first, so that the splendor of the kingship 4 of David and of the people of Jerusalem may not exceed that of Judah.
1 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
2 sn The Shephelah is the geographical region between the Mediterranean coastal plain and the Judean hill country. The Hebrew term can be translated “lowlands” (cf. ASV), “foothills” (NAB, NASB, NLT), or “steppes.”
3 tn Heb “the tents” (so NAB, NRSV); NIV “the dwellings.”
4 tn Heb “house,” referring here to the dynastic line. Cf. NLT “the royal line”; CEV “the kingdom.” The same expression is translated “dynasty” in the following verse.
