Zechariah 7:2 meaning and explanation

Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech, along with their men, to plead before the LORD

Zechariah 7:2, Berean Standard Bible

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The setting is the fourth year of King Darius, roughly two years after Zechariah's night visions, when a delegation from Bethel arrives in Jerusalem. Sharezer and Regem-melech are named envoys sent with others to seek the LORD's favor, likely to ask whether the fast commemorating the temple's destruction should continue now that rebuilding was underway.

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