--- title: "Zechariah 6 - Study King James Bible with trapps complete commentary" description: "Read Zechariah 6 with trapps complete commentary commentary. 1 And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountain" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/zechariah/6" --- [ Read](/kjv/zechariah/6)[ Commentary](/study/zechariah/6)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/zechariah/6) Audio 1 And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains *were* mountains of brass. 2 In the first chariot *were* red horses; and in the second chariot black horses; 3 And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses.* 4 Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What *are* these, my lord? 5 And the angel answered and said unto me, These *are* the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.* 6 The black horses which *are* therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward the south country. 7 And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth. 8 Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country. 9 ¶ And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 10 Take of *them of* the captivity, *even* of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah; 11 Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set *them* upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest; 12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name *is* The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:* 13 Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both. 14 And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the LORD. 15 And they *that are* far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. And *this* shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God. [Zechariah 5](/study/zechariah/5) [Zechariah 7](/study/zechariah/7) ## Commentary To verse 1 [Zec 6:1](/kjv/zec/6/1) And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains [were] mountains of brass. Ver. 1. **And I turned, and lift up mine eyes** ] *i.e.* I passed on to another vision; and I lifted up the eyes of my mind, higher to heaven, saith Jerome, to receive a further revelation from God. And whereas he saith, I turned, he declareth, that God from on every side giveth his Church clear testimonies of his care of her so that she will give heed unto them, and lift up her eyes. **** **There came four chariots out** ] *i.e.* Four squadrons of angels, God’s warriors, and ministers of his manifold decrees, which are here set forth by the name of brazen mountains, see [Zechariah 1:8](/kjv/zechariah/1/8) , *See Trapp on "*[Zec 1:8](/kjv/-zec/1/8) *"* Chariots the angels are called in many places,[2Ki 2:11](/kjv/-2ki/2/11) ;[2Ki 6:17](/kjv/-2ki/6/17) [Habakkuk 3:8](/kjv/habakkuk/3/8) , but especially [Psalms 68:17](/kjv/psalms/68/17) . The chariots of God (in the Hebrew it is chariot, in the singular, to note the joint service of all the angels) are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels (of cheerful ones, so the Septuagint: ευθυμουντων , of such as serve the Lord readily and freely, with joy and tranquillity, and so do quiet his spirit, as it is said here, [Zechariah 6:8](/kjv/zechariah/6/8) , give him full satisfaction). The Lord is among them as in Sinai, in the holy place; that is, the angels by their swiftness and warlike prowess make Zion, the Church, as dreadful to all her enemies (did not one of them so to Sennacherib?) as those angels made Sinai, at the delivery of the law, which was given in fire, [Deuteronomy 33:2](/kjv/deuteronomy/33/2) . God rideth upon the heavens for Israel’s help, *i.e.* upon the angels. Heb. the word rendered angels, in the above cited [Psalms 68:17](/kjv/psalms/68/17) (and so the Chaldee plainly expresseth it), is by some (who derive it from *Shaan,* to sharpen) referred to chariots; to note a kind of chariots armed with sharp hooks, used in wars, as many humane writers record. And so it maketh something to the confirmation of this interpretation, concerning angels, rather than the four monarchies. But the angel himself is our best interpreter, [Zechariah 6:5](/kjv/zechariah/6/5) , where, being asked by Zechariah what these chariots were? he answereth, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth, for a plain periphrase of the angels, [Zechariah 1:10](/kjv/zechariah/1/10) . *See Trapp on "*[Zec 1:10](/kjv/-zec/1/10) *"* **** **From between two mountains** ] *Tanquam e carceribus,* as designed by God’s all-disposing providence and power, and ready pressed at his appointment and pleasure to run their race, do their office, execute God’s judgments, which are both unsearchable and inevitable; and this the poets hammered at in their *ineluctabile Fatum,* unescapable destiny, as they called it. God’s decrees lie hidden under mountains of brass, as it were, till they come to execution; they run as a river underground, till they break out and show themselves. When he hath once signified his will then we understand it, which before lay hidden from us; that is, when these chariots come out from between the mountains of brass, when the event declareth what was the immutable decree of God. Hence the Psalmist, "Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep"; this for the decree. And for the execution, "Thou preservest man and beast,"[Psa 36:6](/kjv/-psa/36/6) but by such means and in such manner as to thee seemeth best. It is our part to say Amen to his Amen, and to put our *Fiat* and *Placet* to his. 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