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• Zechariah (Son of Jehoiada)People

  Zechariah, son of the priest Jehoiada, lived during the reign of Joash, king of Judah. He rebuked the people for idolatry and, at the king's command, was stoned to death in the court of the temple (2 Chronicles 24).

• JoashPeople

  Joash was a king of Judah who survived Athaliah's massacre of the royal family and came to the throne at the age of seven. He repaired the temple, but according to 2 Chronicles, after the death of the high priest Jehoiada he served idols and had Jehoiada's son Zechariah put to death.

• 2 Chronicles 24Bible

  This chapter covers the reign of King Joash of Judah. It records how he repaired the temple while the priest Jehoiada was alive, how he turned to idolatry after Jehoiada's death and had Jehoiada's son Zechariah stoned to death, and how Joash met his end.

• Zechariah (son of Jeberechiah)People

  Zechariah, the son of Jeberechiah, was one of the two "faithful witnesses," together with Uriah the priest, whom Isaiah took when, at God's command, he wrote the name "Maher-shalal-hash-baz" on a tablet (Isaiah 8:2).

• Zechariah (King of Israel)People

  Zechariah was a king of the northern kingdom of Israel and the son of Jeroboam II. He reigned for six months before he was assassinated by Shallum, and his death brought the dynasty of Jehu to an end.

• Zechariah (Prophet)People

  Zechariah was a prophet active during the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem after the return from the Babylonian exile, and he is the central figure of the Old Testament Book of Zechariah. Together with Haggai, he urged the people to rebuild the temple.

• Maher-shalal-hash-bazPeople

  Maher-shalal-hash-baz was a son of the prophet Isaiah and appears in Isaiah 8. His name, meaning "plunder comes swiftly, spoil comes speedily," served as a sign that Aram and the northern kingdom of Israel, which were threatening Judah, would fall to Assyria.

• JahazielPeople

  Jahaziel was a Levite in the reign of King Jehoshaphat of Judah. When a coalition of Moabites and Ammonites invaded, he was moved by the Spirit and prophesied that "the battle is not yours, but God's" (2 Chronicles 20).

• Josiah (son of Zephaniah)People

  Josiah, the son of Zephaniah, owned the house where a group of returned exiles gathered. He appears in Zechariah 6:10 and is called "Hen" in Zechariah 6:14.

• ShallumPeople

  Shallum was the fifteenth king of the northern kingdom of Israel. He killed King Zechariah, seized the throne, and reigned in Samaria for one month before Menahem killed him (2 Kings 15).

• ZechariahBible

  Zechariah is the thirty-eighth book of the Old Testament. This prophetic book encourages the people of Judah who had returned from the Babylonian exile to rebuild the Temple, and it prophesies concerning the Messiah and the restoration of the kingdom of God.

• MeshelemiahPeople

  Meshelemiah was a Levitical temple gatekeeper of the Korahite line in the time of David, the son of Kore and the father of Zechariah. He appears in 1 Chronicles 26, where verse 14 records his name as "Shelemiah."

• Joshua (High Priest)People

  Joshua was the high priest who led the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem after the return from the Babylonian exile. The son of Jehozadak, he appears as "Jeshua" in Ezra and Nehemiah.

• JedaiahPeople

  Jedaiah was one of the returned exiles from Babylon mentioned in the Book of Zechariah. Together with Heldai and Tobijah, he was connected with the making of a crown for Joshua the high priest from the silver and gold they had brought (Zechariah 6:10, 14).

• JozadakPeople

  Jozadak was the son of Seraiah, the high priest in Jerusalem just before the Babylonian exile. He was carried into captivity when Judah fell, and Scripture records him as the father of Jeshua (Joshua), who became high priest after the return from exile.

• HeldaiPeople

  Heldai was a Jew who returned from the Babylonian exile. In Zechariah 6, the silver and gold received from him were made into crowns that were set upon the head of Joshua the high priest. In Zechariah 6:14 he is called "Helem."

• Song of ZechariahBible

  The Song of Zechariah is a hymn recorded in Luke 1:68-79. Filled with the Holy Spirit on the day of his son's circumcision, Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist, praises God's salvation and prophesies concerning his son's mission.

• Mount of OlivesBible

  The Mount of Olives is a mountain east of Jerusalem, across the Kidron Valley. It is the setting for David's flight from Absalom, Jesus' entry into Jerusalem and his discourse on the end times, his prayer in Gethsemane, and the account of his ascension.

• Song of ZechariahWorship & Rites

  The Song of Zechariah (Luke 1:68-79) is the hymn that Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist, uttered when he was filled with the Holy Spirit after his son's birth. It is also called the "Benedictus," from its first Latin word.