Zaccur (Hastings' Dictionary)

1. A Reulenite, Nu 13^(») (B ZaKxvp, A Zaxpov, Luc. Zayxovp). 2. A Simeonite, 1 Ch 4^ (B om., A ZaKxoijp, Luc. Zaxoi'P). 3. A Merarite, 1 Ch 24-'' {ZaKxovp). 4. An Asaphite, 1 Ch 25= (B ^aKxoi's, A ZaKxovp) '» (B Zaxxo^S, A ZaKxovp), Neh 12^^ (ZaKxovp). S. One of those who assisted Nehemiah to rebuild the wall, Neh 3' (B Za^aovp, A and Luc. ZaKxovp). 6. One of those who sealed the covenant, NeU 10' (B Zaxuip, A ZaKxiip, Luc. ZaKxoi'p), prob. same as mentioned in 13's (BA ZaKxoup, Luc. ZaKxoip). 7. Ezr 8" J^gri. See Zabbud. ZACHARIAH (Zaxapias, whence AV Zacharia.i). — In His denunciation of the Pharisees and the guilty nation of the Jews, our Lord declares that the innocent blood of the prophets is to be required of them, 'from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah the son of Barachiah, whom ve slew between the sanctuary and the altar' (^It 23'', cf. the || Lk IP'). Tlie reference is almost cert.ainlv to the murder of Zecliariah (see Zechariah, No. il) recorded in 2 Ch 24-"", -. This is far more likely than the view held by some, that the Zachariah intended is the fatlier of John the Baptist (see Zacharias), who, according to Origen {Com. in Matt.), was killed in the temple. The reason why Jesus fixes upon a murder in the time of king Joash (c. 840-800 B.C.) is probably because the Books of Clironicles already in our Lord's day came last in the Canon of the OT. ' It was equi- valent to an appeal, in Christian ears, to the whole range of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation' (Ryle, C'««o» <)/■</«« or, p. 141). Some ditticuity is occasioned by the designation ' son of Baracliiah.' The Zechariah of 2 Chron. was the son of the high priest Jehoiada. The only 'Zechariah the eon of Berechiah' known to us is the prophet who was contemporary with Tertiillian (adv. Marc. iv. 37. 1) saj'B that he was a Oentile. This is contradicted by the 'son of Abraham' of Lk 19^. t Not tile tree conunonly called sycomore, but one with flg^ like fruits and leaves Hke those of the mulbcrrj- tree. ! See Harnack, QetcliichU der altchristlichen LUleralvr, i cL I p. 791. ZACHARIAS ZADOK 961 HafTgai (cf. Zee 1'). There may he a ((infusion with him on the part of the evangelist Matthew [Luke omits the designation 'eon of Barachiah'] or of a glossator.*