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3. The Structure of Individual Sections of Zechariah 173
Gath is not mentioned, possibly because it no longer existed, but that
is not our particular concern. Thus vv. 5-7 have this structure:
a 1 a 2 a 3 a 2 a 1 a 4 A M B a 3
Clearly this has a certain regularity, but it is not obviously one
intended by the author or redactor of the section. It would be understandable
if:
1. Ekron was special in some way, for example the chief of the
Philistine cities.
2. Ashdod was to receive special treatment, for example if an
especially large number of deportees and/or settlers came
from elsewhere. Perhaps Isa. 20.1 and Jer. 25.20 support
this. On the other hand we might want to posit a redactor
who inserted v. 6a.
30', vv. 5.#16, 6.#1 (adjacent words). This is a fairly frequent
word in Zechariah. In Zechariah 9-14 it occurs in 10.6; 11.6; 12.5,
6, 7,8,10; 13.1; 14.10, 11.##1,7 (occurrences of the participle
'inhabitants' are italicized). In 10.6 we should perhaps read DTVO'tfm
'I will bring them back' instead of D'rVQiDirn 'I will cause them to
dwell'. 1
There are no other repeated words in Zech. 9.1-8, so it may be
worthwhile to ask what words occur in this section and elsewhere up
to the end of the next major unit, 11.3. If we do that the following
words are included.
and that there are several similarities between Zeph. 3.14-20 and Zechariah,
especially 9.9 (cf. R. Mason, The Use of Earlier Biblical Material in Zechariah 9-14:
A Study of Inner Biblical Exegesis [dissertation, King's College, London, 1973],
pp. 140-41), but also other parts of the book. Jer. 47.5, 7 has Gaza and Ashkelon
and then Ashkelon. This yields no firm evidence of any understood patterns.
In Zech. 10.10-11.1 we find:
10.10-11 Egypt—Assyria—Gilcadand Lebanon—Assyria—Egypt
11.1 Lebanon
It is possible that one form of inclusio was aBa. . .B (or more elaborately,
abCba. . . C). This may only be proposed tentatively at this stage (see below on
10.1-11.3).
1. Rudolph (Haggai, pp. 193-94) notes that MT in 10.6 is a mixed form from
DTOtfvn and DTra'tfrn ('und ich lasse sie wohnen/zuruckkehren'). He reads the latter
(against LXX) on the basis of 10.9b, lOa.