5:1 Then the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son 1 of Iddo 2 prophesied concerning the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem 3 in the name of the God of Israel who was over them.
12:1 These are the priests and Levites who returned 4 with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
38:5 Who set its measurements – if 5 you know –
or who stretched a measuring line across it?
1 tn Aram “son.” According to Zech 1:1 he was actually the grandson of Iddo.
2 tn Aram “and Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo the prophet.”
3 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
4 tn Heb “who went up.”
5 tn The particle כּ (ki) is taken here for a conditional clause, “if you know” (see GKC 498 §159.dd). Others take it as “surely” with a biting irony.