Zechariah

Zechariah is one of the officials sent by Jehoshaphat across Judah — part of the remarkable delegation charged with teaching God's Law to ordinary people in every city.

Zechariah enters as the Spirit-empowered son of the mentor Joash betrayed — his bold public confrontation of the king and nation is both a prophetic act of courage and a death sentence.

This Zechariah is Uzziah's spiritual mentor who instructs him in the fear of God — the key figure whose guidance underlies Uzziah's early prosperity.

Zechariah is referenced here as Hezekiah's maternal great-grandfather, part of the genealogical credential establishing Hezekiah's righteous lineage.

Zechariah is one of the Kohathite supervisors on the Temple renovation project — he and Meshullam take responsibility for overseeing their portion of the skilled labor during the restoration.

Zechariah is the priest a millennium later whose assignment to the division of Abijah — established in this very chapter — put him in the temple on the day he received the angel's announcement about his son John.

Zechariah is listed as Meshelemiah's firstborn son, heading up the family roster of seven brothers who formed part of the Temple's gatekeeper corps.

Zechariah appears here as the father of Iddo, chief of the eastern half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead — providing the lineage identification for this administrative appointment.

Zechariah appears here as a Reubenite clan leader — not the prophet or John's father, but one of the documented leaders of the eastern tribe who held territory from Aroer toward Nebo.

Zechariah is named here as the gatekeeper stationed specifically at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting — holding one of the most sacred posts in the restored worship system.

This Zechariah is one of six sons of Elam listed in the intermarriage record — not John the Baptist's father, but a post-exilic layman named in the community-wide accountability process.

Zechariah joins Haggai in prophesying to the returned exiles, and notably this is Zechariah the prophet — not John the Baptist's father — speaking God's word to mobilize the builders.

Zechariah son of Iddo is the second prophet encouraging the builders, keeping them oriented toward God's larger redemptive plan as the construction reaches its final stretch.

Zechariah is one of the family leaders in the caravan, bringing 150 men — one of the larger contingents documented in Ezra's meticulous roll call.

Zechariah is Jeroboam II's son who inherits the northern throne — mentioned only briefly here as the successor, though his short and troubled reign will follow in the next chapter.

Zechariah son of Jeroboam II takes the northern throne here, continuing his father's dynasty for just six months before being publicly assassinated — fulfilling the outer limit of God's promise to Jehu's line.