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Zechariah 6:2
2The first chariot had chestnut horses, the second chariot black horses,
Zechariah 6:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
- New International Version (NIV)The first chariot had red horses, the second black,
- English Standard Version (ESV)The first chariot had red horses, the second black horses,
- New King James Version (NKJV)With the first chariot were red horses, with the second chariot black horses,
Context of Zechariah 6:2
1Then I looked up again and saw four chariots coming from between two mountains. The mountains were made of bronze. The first chariot had chestnut horses, the second chariot black horses, 3the third chariot white horses, and the fourth chariot dappled horses — all strong horses. 4So I inquired of the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”
Read all of Zechariah 6Zechariah 6:2 word by word
בַּמֶּרְכָּבָ֥ה הָרִֽאשֹׁנָ֖ה סוּסִ֣ים אֲדֻמִּ֑ים וּבַמֶּרְכָּבָ֥ה הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית סוּסִ֥ים שְׁחֹרִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Zechariah 6:2
- Zechariah 1:8I looked out in the night and saw a man riding on a chestnut horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in the valley. Behind him were chestnut, brown, and white horses.
- Revelation 6:2I looked, and there was a white horse. Its rider held a bow; a crown was given to him, and he went out as a conqueror in order to conquer.
- Revelation 12:3Then another sign appeared in heaven: There was a great fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven crowns.
- Revelation 17:3Then he carried me away in the Spirit to a wilderness. I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.
- Zechariah 6:6The one with the black horses is going to the land of the north, the white horses are going after them, but the dappled horses are going to the land of the south.”
- Revelation 6:5When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” And I looked, and there was a black horse. Its rider held a set of scales in his hand.
Commentaries on Zechariah 6:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2In the first chariot were red horses - The empire of the Chaldeans, which overthrew the empire of the Assyrians. The second chariot black horses - The empire of the Persians founded by Cyrus, which destroyed the empire of the Chaldeans.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2The symbol is different from that in the first vision. There Zechariah 1:8, they were horses only, with their riders, to go to and fro to enquire; here they are war-chariots with their horses, to execute God‘s judgments, each in their turn. In the first vision also, there is not the characteristic fourfold division, which reminds of the four world-empires of Daniel Daniel 2; after which, in both prophets, is the mention of the kingdom of Christ. Even if…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3red … black … white … dappled horses: Zechariah does not give special meaning to the horse colors in his vision (compare Revelation 6:1–8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. red--implying carnage. black--representing sorrow; also famine (Re 6:5, 6; compare Zec 1:8).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Zechariah 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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