- the seventh month:
- This was the month Tisri answering to the new moon of September, the seventh of the sacred, but the first of the civil year; on the third day of which the Jews keep a fast, in commemoration of the death of Gedaliah, to which the prophet Zechariah refers, "Thus¹ saithª° the LORDª of hosts;ª The fastª of the fourthª [month], and the fastª of the fifth,ª and the fastª of the seventh,ª and the fastª of the tenth,ª shall be¹ to the houseª of Judahª joyª and gladness,ª and cheerfulª feasts;ª therefore loveª° the truthª and peace.ª" {Zch 8:19} + "[And] in the eleventhªª yearª of Zedekiah,ª in the fourthª month,ª the ninthª [day] of the month,ª the cityª was broken up.ª°" {Jer 39:2} + "And in the fourthª month,ª in the ninthª [day] of the month,ª the famineª was soreª° in the city,ª so that there was¹ no¹ breadª for the peopleª of the land.ª" {Jer 52:6} + "And on the ninthª [day] of the [fourth] monthª the famineª prevailedª° in the city,ª and there was¹ no¹ breadª for the peopleª of the land.ª" {2Kg 25:3} + "And in the fifthª month,ª on the seventhª [day] of the month,ª which¹ [is] the nineteenthªª² yearª of kingª Nebuchadnezzarª kingª of Babylon,ª cameª° Nebuzaradan,ª captainª of the guard,ª a servantª of the kingª of Babylon,ª unto Jerusalem:ª" {2Kg 25:8} + "But it came to pass¹ in the seventhª month,ª that Ishmaelª the sonª of Nethaniah,ª the sonª of Elishama,ª of the seedª¹ royal,ª came,ª° and tenª men²¹ with¹ him, and smoteª°¹ Gedaliah,ª that he died,ª° and the Jewsª and the Chaldeesª that¹ were¹ with¹ him at Mizpah.ª" {2Kg 25:25} + "Speakª° unto¹ all¹ the peopleª of the land,ª and to¹ the priests,ª saying,ª° When¹ ye fastedª° and mournedª° in the fifthª and seventhª [month], even those¹ seventyª years,ª did ye at all²° fastª° unto me, [even] to me?¹" {Zch 7:5} + "Thus¹ saithª° the LORDª of hosts;ª The fastª of the fourthª [month], and the fastª of the fifth,ª and the fastª of the seventh,ª and the fastª of the tenth,ª shall be¹ to the houseª of Judahª joyª and gladness,ª and cheerfulª feasts;ª therefore loveª° the truthª and peace.ª" {Zch 8:19}.
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