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“The book of the prophet Zechariah is not much studied or adequately understood in our day. When it is used, the visions and eschatological material are frequently given too much emphasis and attention so that somewhat fantastic results have been arrived at, which have caused men to wonder at the book rather than to seek to appropriate its wealth and comfort and instruction… We should like to do...

EXPOSITION OF ZECHARIAH We have other records besides those found in our book concerning the prophetic activity of Zechariah. The book of Ezra, in 5:1 and 6:14, informs us that Zechariah was a contemporary of Haggai, and that he was working toward the same purpose as this prophet. The first verse of the book informs us that Zechariah was “the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo.” Regarding this Berechiah, however, we have nothing beyond this notice. In fact, in
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