Zechariah 1:7
Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, 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, Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, 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,
The verse dates the Lord's message to Zechariah to the twenty-fourth day of Sebat, the eleventh month, in the second year of Darius. That dating places the beginning of Zechariah's series of symbolic visions two months after Haggai's last recorded message. The visions came amid anxiety and uncertainty among the Jews that permission to rebuild the temple might be lost or withdrawn. They were given to sustain and encourage God's people and workers by keeping God's purpose before them and revealing His compassion, care, and love for Jerusalem.