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In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo saying,

On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, that is, the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, as follows:

In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Chislev.

Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying,

so that upon you will fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

Zechariah was troubled when he saw the angel, and fear gripped him.

But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall name him John.

Zechariah said to the angel, "How will I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in her years."

And meanwhile the people were waiting for Zechariah, and were wondering at his delay in the temple.

and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.

And it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to call him Zechariah, after his father.

And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying:

in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zechariah, in the wilderness.

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the house of God; yes, I tell you, it shall be charged against this generation.'