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Iddo (Prophet)
Iddo was a prophet of the early divided kingdom who is called both a "seer" and a "prophet" in 2 Chronicles. He is said to have left writings recording the events of the reigns of Solomon, Rehoboam, and Abijah. Several other people in the Bible bear the same name.
Seer
A seer (Korean *seongyeonja*, 先見者) is "one who sees" what God has shown. It is an older Old Testament term for a prophet. Samuel, Gad, and Iddo, among others, were called by this title.
Midrash
Midrash is a term derived from a Hebrew word meaning "to seek" or "to inquire." In the Old Testament it appears in the titles of written records. It later came to refer to the method by which Jewish rabbis interpreted Scripture and to the literature that collects their interpretations.
Midrash
Midrash, from a Hebrew verb meaning "to seek" or "to inquire," refers both to the method by which Jewish rabbis interpreted the biblical text and to the body of literature that collects those interpretations.
Zechariah
Zechariah is the thirty-eighth book of the Old Testament. A prophetic book, it encourages the people of Judah who had returned from the Babylonian exile to rebuild the Temple and prophesies concerning the Messiah and the restoration of the kingdom of God.
Zechariah (Person)
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.
Ezra 5
Ezra 5 is the chapter in which Zerubbabel and Jeshua, moved by the prophecies of Haggai and Zechariah, resume the halted construction of the temple, and Tatnai, governor of the province Beyond the River, writes to King Darius to ask whether the building has been authorized.