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Zechariah 14 is the fourteenth (and the final) chapter in the Book of Zechariah in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament of the Christian Bible . This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Zechariah , and is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets .1 This chapter is a part of a section (so-called "Second Zechariah") consisting of Zechariah 9 –14. It continues the theme of chapters 12 and 13 about the 'war preceding peace for Jerusalem in the eschatological future'. It is written almost entirely in third-person prophetic discourse, with seven times references to the phrase 'that day'.2
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Zechariah 14 is the fourteenth (and the last) chapter in the Book of Zechariah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible . This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Zechariah , and is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets . This chapter is a part of a section (so-called "Second Zechariah") consisting of Zechariah 9 –14. It continues the theme of chapters 12 – 13 about the 'war preceding peace for Jerusalem in the eschatological future.' It is written almost entirely in third-person prophetic discourse, with seven times references to the phrase 'that day'.
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Chapter of the Judeo-Christian Bible Zechariah 14 is the fourteenth and final chapter in the Book of Zechariah in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament of the Christian Bible . This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Zechariah . In the Hebrew Bible it is part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets . This chapter is a part of a section (so-called "Second Zechariah") consisting of Zechariah 9 –14. It continues the theme of chapters 12 and 13 about the 'war preceding peace for Jerusalem in the eschatological future'. It is written almost entirely in third-person prophetic discourse, with seven references to "that day".
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fourteenth and final chapter of the book of zechariah in the hebrew bible and the old testament of the christia
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Eighth century BC earthquake
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