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Smith's Bible Dictionary
(pure), a tax-collector near Jericho, who, being short in stature climbed up into a sycamore tree
in order to obtain a sight of Jesus as he passed through that place. (Luke 19:1-10) Zacchaeus was
a Jew, as may be inferred from his name and from the fact that the Saviour speaks of him expressly
as “a son of Abraham.” The term which designates his office -“the chief among the publicans” -is
unusual, but describes him, no doubt, as the superintendent of customs or tribute in the district of
Jericho, where he lived. The office must have been a lucrative one in such a region, and it is not
strange that Zacchaeus is mentioned by the evangelists as a rich man. The Saviour spent the night
probably in the house of Zacchaeus, and the next day pursued his journey. He was in the caravan
from Galilee which was going to Jerusalem to keep the Passover.
Zacchur
a Simeonite, of the family of Mishma. (1 Chronicles 4:26)
Zaccur
(mindful).
•Father of Shammua, the Reubenite spy. (Numbers 13:4) (B.C. 1451.)
•A Merarite Levite, son of Jaaziah. (1 Chronicles 24:27)
•Son of Asaph the singer. (1 Chronicles 25:2,10; Nehemiah 12:35)
•The son of Imri who assisted Nehemiah in rebuilding the city wall. (Nehemiah 3:2) (B.C. 446.)
•A Levite, or family of Levites, who signed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:18) (B.C.
410.)
•A Levite whose son or descendant Hanan was one of the treasurers over the treasuries appointed
by Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 13:13)
Zachariah
(remembered by Jehovah), or properly Zechariah.
•Son of Jeroboam II., fourteenth king of Israel, and the last of the house of Jehu. There is a difficulty
about the date of his reign. Most chronologers assume an interregnum of eleven years between
Jeroboam’s death and Zachariah’s accession. The latter event took place B.C. 772-1. His reign
lasted only six months. He was killed in a conspiracy of which Shallum was the head, and by
which the prophecy in (2 Kings 10:30) was accomplished,
•The father of Abi or Abijah, Hezekiah’s mother. (2 Kings 18:2)
Zacharias
(Greek form of Zechariah).
•Father of John the Baptist. (Luke 1:5) etc. He was a priest of the course of Abia. the eighth of the
twenty-four courses who ministered at the temple in turn. He probably lived at Hebron. His wife’s
name was Elisabeth. John was born to them in their old age, and the promise of this son was
communicated to Zacharias by an angel while he was offering incense and praying in the temple.
•Son of Barachias, who, our Lord says, was slain by the Jews between the altar and the temple.
(Matthew 23:35; Luke 11:61) There has been much dispute who this Zacharias was. Many of the
Greek fathers have maintained that the father of John the Baptist is the person to whom our Lord
alludes but there can be little or no doubt that the allusion is to Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada, (2
Chronicles 24:20,21) and he may have been called “the son” of Barachias from his grandfather.
(B.C. 838.) He is mentioned as being the martyr last recorded in the Hebrew Scriptures (as Abel
was the first) -d Chronicles being the last book in their canon.
Zacher
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