Zechariah 7:2
Strong's Lexicon
Now the people of Bethel
אֵ֔ל (’êl)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1008: Bethel = 'house of God' 1) ancient place and seat of worship in Ephraim on border of Benjamin, identified with Luz (former name) 2) a place in south country of Judah, not far from Beersheba and Ziklag

had sent
וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ (way·yiš·laḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7971: 1) to send, send away, let go, stretch out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to send 1a2) to stretch out, extend, direct 1a3) to send away 1a4) to let loose 1b) (Niphal) to be sent 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out 1c2) to let go, set free 1c3) to shoot forth (of branches) 1c4) to let down 1c5) to shoot 1d) (Pual) to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled 1e) (Hiphil) to send

Sharezer
אֶ֕צֶר (’e·ṣer)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8272: Sharezer or Sherezer = 'prince of fire' 1) son of king Sennacherib of Assyria and murderer of his father 2) an Israelite whom the people sent to the house of God to pray in the time of the prophet Zechariah and king Darius

and
וְרֶ֥גֶם (wə·re·ḡem)

Strong's Hebrew :

Regem-melech,
מֶ֖לֶךְ (me·leḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7278: Regem-melech = 'king's heap' 1) a man sent by some of the captivity to make enquiries at the temple concerning fasting

along with their men,
וַֽאֲנָשָׁ֑יו (wa·’ă·nā·šāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 582: 1) man, mortal man, person, mankind 1a) of an individual 1b) men (collective) 1c) man, mankind

to plead
לְחַלּ֖וֹת (lə·ḥal·lō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 2470: 1) to be or become weak, be or become sick, be or become diseased, be or become grieved, be or become sorry 1a) (Qal) to be weak, be sick 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to be or become weak, feel weak 1b2) to become sick, become ill 1b3) (CLBL) to entreat, pray, beg 1c) (Niphal) 1c1) to make oneself sick 1c2) to be made sick 1c3) to be tired 1d) (Pual) to be made weak, become weak 1e) (Hithpael) to make oneself sick 1f) (Hiphil) 1f1) to make sore 1f2) to make sick 1f3) to show signs of sickness, become sick 1f4) to grieve 1g) (Hophal) 1g1) to be made sick 1g2) to be wounded

before
פְּנֵ֥י (pə·nê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: 1) face 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

the LORD
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3069: 1) Jehovah-used primarily in the combination 'Lord Jehovah' 1a) equal to H03068 but pointed with the vowels of H0430

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech, along with their men, to plead before the LORD

Young's Literal Translation
And Beth-El sendeth Sherezer and Regem-Melech, and its men, to appease the face of Jehovah,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer, Regem-melech, and their men to plead for the LORD’s favor

New American Standard Bible
Now [the town of] Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regemmelech and their men to seek the favor of the LORD,

King James Bible
When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD,
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-Melek, together with their men, to entreat the LORD

New Living Translation
The people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regemmelech, along with their attendants, to seek the LORD's favor.

English Standard Version
Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech and their men to entreat the favor of the LORD,

New American Standard Bible
Now the town of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regemmelech and their men to seek the favor of the LORD,

King James Bible
When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer, Regem-melech, and their men to plead for the LORD's favor

International Standard Version
The people of Bethel were sending Sharezer, Regem-melech, and their men to pray in the LORD's presence

NET Bible
Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-Melech and their companions to seek the LORD's favor

American Standard Version
Now they of Beth-el had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech, and their men, to entreat the favor of Jehovah,

English Revised Version
Now they of Beth-el had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech, and their men, to entreat the favour of the LORD,

Young's Literal Translation
And Beth-El sendeth Sherezer and Regem-Melech, and its men, to appease the face of Jehovah,
















Cross References
1 Kings 13:6
And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.

Jeremiah 26:19
Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.

Zechariah 8:21
And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also.

Zechariah 1:1
In the eighth month, 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,

Zechariah 7:1
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu;

Zechariah 6:15
And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.

Zechariah 6:14
And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the LORD.

Zechariah 7:3
And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?

Zechariah 7:4
Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying,

Zechariah 7:5
Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
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