Zechariah 1:8

I saw by night, and behold a man mounted on a red horse, and he stood between the shady mountains; and behind him were red horses, and gray, and piebald, and white.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white.

In Context

7On the twenty-fourth day in the eleventh month, this is the month Shebat, in the second year of the reign of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,

9And I said, What are these, my lord? And the angel that spoke with me said to me, I will show thee what these things are.

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Cross References

Genesis 20:3And God came to Abimelech by night in sleep, and said, Behold, thou diest for the woman, whom thou hast taken, whereas she has lived with a husband.

Numbers 12:6And he said to them, Hear my words: If there should be of you a prophet to the Lord, I will be made known to him in a vision, and in sleep will I speak to him.

1 Kings 3:5And the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and the Lord said to Solomon, Ask some petition for thyself.

Psalms 45:3Therefore will we not fear when the earth is troubled, 1 And the mountains are removed into the depths of the seas. 1

Song of Solomon 6:2My kinsman is gone down to his garden, to the beds of spice, 1 To feed his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies. 1

Isaiah 55:13And instead of the bramble shall come up the cypress, and instead of the nettle shall come up the myrtle: and the Lord shall be for a name, and for an everlasting sign, and shall not fail.

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 1:8-18

The Vision of the Horse and Myrtles; Intercession for Jerusalem. ( b. c. 520.) 7 Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, 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, 8 I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white. 9 Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And… Read the whole commentary →

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