Bible Trivia - 5/21/2008

Question: Zechariah took two staves naming one "Bands". What did he name the other?

Answer: Beauty. (Zechariah 11:7)

Comments: The NASB renders the names of Zechariah's staffs "Favor" and "Union" respectively.

"So I pastured the flock doomed to slaughter, hence the afflicted of the flock And I took for myself two staffs: the one I called Favor and the other I called Union; so I pastured the flock." (Zechariah 11:7, NASB)

Zechariah used the staffs as a sign act as he first cut "Favor" (v. 10) and then "Union" (v. 14). The breaking of "Favor" represented the symbolic breaking of Yahweh's covenant and the destruction of "Union" signified the broken union between Judah and Israel.

Note: This painting is "The Prophet Zechariah" by Michelangelo (1475-1564).