⁵ They also bribed officials to act against them to frustrate their plans^(A) throughout the reign of King Cyrus of Persia and until the reign of King Darius of Persia.^(B)

²² In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, the heads of the families of the Levites and priests were recorded while Darius the Persian ruled.

¹¹ All Israel has broken your law and turned away,^(A) refusing to obey you. The promised curse^[a] written in the law of Moses,^(B) the servant of God, has been poured out on us because we have sinned against him.

11 In the first year of Darius the Mede,^(A) I stood up to strengthen and protect him.)

¹⁵ on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius.

From Deprivation to Blessing

¹⁰ On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Haggai:

A Plea for Repentance

1 In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius,^(A) the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah^(B) son of Berechiah, son of Iddo:

The Night Visions

⁷ On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, son of Iddo:

Disobedience and Fasting

7 In the fourth year of King Darius,^(A) the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Chislev.