The name Zechariah appears dozens of times in the Bible. About the Prophet Zechariah: 1. {*Zechariah, as is stated in the first verse of his prophecy, was the son of Berechiah. Zechariah was a Levite who was born in Babylon (Neh 12:1, 16) 2. AUTHOR: Zechariah the prophet. Because of the development of themes in the book of Malachi, most scholars assign it to a position after Haggai and Zechariah,close to the time of Ezra and when Nehemiah came to Jerusalem in 445 BC . When did the prophet Malachi live? Zechariah was doubtful because of his and his wife's old age. Iddo was his grandfather, and inasmuch as Zechariah succeeded Iddo in the priestly office, Berechiah must have died during the youth of his son. Further, Gabriel said John would be a great man who would lead many to the Lord and would be a prophet announcing the Messiah. Zechariah, a young man, especially when compared to his contemporary Haggai, came alongside the older prophet to deliver messages from the Lord to the Jewish remnant recently returned from Babylon. 1. 3. Zechariah 1. Zechariah, the prophet. Malachi was apparently known to the author of Ecclesiasticus early in the 2nd century BC. A. He was the son of Berekiah and the grandson of Iddo the priest (Zech 1:1; cf. There is Zechariah the minor prophet, Zechariah the son of Jehoiada, who was stoned to death at the command of King Joash (2 Chronicles 24:20), Zechariah the father of John the Baptizer, as well … II. During that era, many Jews were returning from the Babylonian Captivity to rebuild Jerusalem and the Temple, which had been destroyed by the Babylonians. Zechariah was a prophet from 520 BC to 518 BC in Jerusalem, about 2500 years ago.

12:4, 16; Ezra 5:1; 6:14), therefore, although the name was a common one, it is possible that he was a priest 2. Zechariah's wife Elizabeth would give birth and they were to name the baby John. The reason theologians believe the prophet Zechariah is the one named by Jesus is solely based on this verse: Zechariah 1: 1 In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, Zechariah thus united in himself the offices of prophet and priest.}