Zechariah 1 Footnotes

1:1 The heading to Zechariah’s book identifies him as the son of Berechiah and grandson of Iddo, whereas Ezr 5:1 and 6:14 call him the son of Iddo (Neh 12:16). As there is no special word for “grandson” in Hebrew or Aramaic, the word for “son” is sometimes used in its place (see Gn 29:5 with 28:5; 1Kg 19:16 with 2Kg 9:2). Evidently Iddo was better known than Berechiah.