Add parallel Print Page Options

12 Tell him that this is what the Lord of Armies says:

There is a man whose name is the Branch, because he will branch out from his place and build the temple of the Lord. 13 He is the one who will build the temple of the Lord. He will be clothed with majesty, and he will sit and rule on his throne. He will be a priest on his throne, and there will be peaceful relations between the two offices.[a]

14 The crown will be kept in the temple as a memorial[b] for Helem[c] and Tobijah and Jedaiah and Hen,[d] son of Zephaniah.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 6:13 Joshua, who receives the crown, did not himself hold the two offices of priest and king, but as a type, he points to Christ, who did hold both offices.
  2. Zechariah 6:14 Or reminder
  3. Zechariah 6:14 Probably another name for Heldai (verse 10)
  4. Zechariah 6:14 Or the gracious one, probably another name for Josiah (verse 10)