king of Israel, 2 Kings xiv, 29. He succeeded his father
Jeroboam II. A. M. 3220. He reigned but six months, and was murdered.
2. ZECHARIAH, son of Jehoiada, high priest of the Jews; probably the
same as Azariah, 1 Chron. vi, 10, 11. He was put to death by the order
of Joash, A. M. 3164, 2 Chron. xxiv, 20–22. Some think this is the
Zacharias mentioned Matt. xxiii, 35.
3. ZECHARIAH, the eleventh of the twelve lesser prophets, was the son of
Barachiah, and the grandson of Iddo. He was born during the captivity,
and came to Jerusalem when the Jews were permitted by Cyrus to return to
their own country. He began to prophesy two months later than Haggai,
and continued to exercise his office about two years. Like his
contemporary Haggai, Zechariah begins with exhorting the Jews to proceed
in the rebuilding of the temple; he promises them the aid and protection
of God, and assures them of the speedy increase and prosperity of
Jerusalem; he then emblematically describes the four great empires, and
foretels the glory of the Christian church when Jews and Gentiles shall
be united under their great High Priest and Governor, Jesus Christ, of
whom Joshua the high priest, and Zerubbabel the governor, were types; he
predicts many particulars relative to our Saviour and his kingdom, and
to the future condition of the Jews. Many moral instructions and
admonitions are interspersed throughout the work. Several learned men
have been of opinion that the last six chapters were not written by
Zechariah; but whoever wrote them, their inspired authority is
established by their being quoted in three of the Gospels, Matt. xxvi,
31; Mark xiv, 27; John xix, 37. The style of Zechariah is so remarkably
similar to that of Jeremiah, that the Jews were accustomed to observe,
that the spirit of Jeremiah had passed into him. By far the greater part
of this book is prosaic; but toward the conclusion there are some
poetical passages which are highly ornamented. The diction is in general
perspicuous, and the transitions to the different subjects are easily
discerned.
Jeroboam II. A. M. 3220. He reigned but six months, and was murdered.
2. ZECHARIAH, son of Jehoiada, high priest of the Jews; probably the
same as Azariah, 1 Chron. vi, 10, 11. He was put to death by the order
of Joash, A. M. 3164, 2 Chron. xxiv, 20–22. Some think this is the
Zacharias mentioned Matt. xxiii, 35.
3. ZECHARIAH, the eleventh of the twelve lesser prophets, was the son of
Barachiah, and the grandson of Iddo. He was born during the captivity,
and came to Jerusalem when the Jews were permitted by Cyrus to return to
their own country. He began to prophesy two months later than Haggai,
and continued to exercise his office about two years. Like his
contemporary Haggai, Zechariah begins with exhorting the Jews to proceed
in the rebuilding of the temple; he promises them the aid and protection
of God, and assures them of the speedy increase and prosperity of
Jerusalem; he then emblematically describes the four great empires, and
foretels the glory of the Christian church when Jews and Gentiles shall
be united under their great High Priest and Governor, Jesus Christ, of
whom Joshua the high priest, and Zerubbabel the governor, were types; he
predicts many particulars relative to our Saviour and his kingdom, and
to the future condition of the Jews. Many moral instructions and
admonitions are interspersed throughout the work. Several learned men
have been of opinion that the last six chapters were not written by
Zechariah; but whoever wrote them, their inspired authority is
established by their being quoted in three of the Gospels, Matt. xxvi,
31; Mark xiv, 27; John xix, 37. The style of Zechariah is so remarkably
similar to that of Jeremiah, that the Jews were accustomed to observe,
that the spirit of Jeremiah had passed into him. By far the greater part
of this book is prosaic; but toward the conclusion there are some
poetical passages which are highly ornamented. The diction is in general
perspicuous, and the transitions to the different subjects are easily
discerned.