One sent unto the house of God, in the time of Darius, to pray and to consult with the priests and prophets respecting the continuation of fasting in the fifth month. Zechariah 7:2 . This fast had probably been observed in commemoration of the destruction of Solomon's temple. 2 Kings 25:8,9 . God's answer, through Zechariah, was that they had not fasted to Him: it was insincerity on their part.