<P> Zechariah was a person in the Hebrew Bible and traditionally considered the author of the Book of Zechariah, the eleventh of the Twelve Minor Prophets . He was a prophet of the two - tribe Kingdom of Judah, and, like the prophet Ezekiel, was of priestly extraction . </P> <P> The book of Zechariah introduces the prophet as the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo (Zechariah 1: 1). The book of Ezra names Zechariah as the son of Iddo (Ezra 5: 1 and Ezra 6: 14), but it is likely that Berechiah was Zechariah's father, and Iddo was his grandfather . </P> <P> His prophetical career probably began in the second year of Darius, king of Persia (520 BC). His greatest concern appears to have been with the building of the Second Temple . </P>

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