Ernst Wilhelm Hegstenberg
Published: 2018-02-03
Total Pages: 432
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Excerpt from Christology of the Old Testament, Vol. 2: And a Commentary on the Predictions of the Messiah by the Prophets Zechariah, like Jeremiah and Ezekiel, was of priestly descent. Chap. 1: l, Berechiah is named as his father, and Iddo as his grandfather. The latter, among the exiles who returned with Joshua and Zerubbabel, filled the respectable office of overseer of a class of priests; comp. Neh. 12: 4. That Berechiah died early appears from the fact, that v. 16. The same Zechariah is mentioned as imme diate successor of Iddo in this office, under Joiachim, successor of Joshua. Accordingly Zechariah, at least in his later years, exer cised, together with the prophetic, a priestly office also. This early death and the comparative obcrity of the father explain why, Ezr. 5: l, the descent of this prophet is referred immediately to the grandfather, according to a practice occurring elsewhere in similar cases. (see Beitr.1, p. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.