Zechariah 7:1-3

Evangelical Heritage Version

The Reason the Land Became Desolate

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 Kislev.^[b]

² The people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem Melek with their men to plead for the favor of the Lord ³ by asking the priests who were at the house of the Lord of Armies and the prophets, “Should I mourn and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?”