OLD TESTAMENT

Zechariah 1:8

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“I had a vision in the night, and behold, a man riding on a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in a ravine; and behind him there were red, brown, and white horses.

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Verse 8. A man. An angel in the shape of a man. It was probably S. Michael, the guardian angel of the Church of God. Challoner.—It is plain that he was an ange. verse 11. Worthington.—He appears in obscurity, to shew the distress of the nation. Calmet.—Among. Septuagint “between two shady mountains.” Bible.

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“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.

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