CHRISTIANS PLEASE! Who was Zachariah and what was the name of his son?

Zacheriah was a preist who was muted by an angel for not believing he was going to have a son called John the baptist

Many Zechariahs (At least 21) in the Bible:

-1. A Reubenite

1Ch 5:7

-2. Three Levites in the days of David

1Ch 9:21; 15:18,20,24; 16:5; 26:2,14

-3. A Benjamite

1Ch 9:37

•Called ZACHER in

1Ch 8:31

-4. Two Kohathites

1Ch 24:25; 2Ch 34:12

-5. A Merarite porter in the temple

1Ch 26:11

-6. Father of Iddo

1Ch 27:21

-7. A prince sent by Jehoshaphat along with priests and Levites to teach in the cities

2Ch 17:7

-8. A Levite, and father of Jahaziel

2Ch 20:14

-9. Son of Jehoshaphat

2Ch 21:2

-10. High priest, and son or grandson of Jehoiada

•Put to death for prophesying against Jerusalem

2Ch 24:20-22,25; Mt 23:35; Lu 11:51

-11. A prophet during the reign of Uzziah

2Ch 26:5

-12. A ruler of the temple

2Ch 35:8

-13. The prophet

•Son of Berechiah

Zec 2:4

•Prophesied during the reign of Darius

Ezr 4:24; 5:1; 6:14; Zec 1:1,7; 7:1

•Probably the priest mentioned in

Ne 12:16; Ezr 8:3,11,16

-14. Two chiefs who returned with Ezra

Ezr 8:3,11,16

-15. Name of various Jews after the captivity

Ezr 10:26; Ne 8:4; 11:4,5,12; 12:16

-16. A priest and temple musician

Ne 12:35,41

-17. Perhaps identical with number eleven above

Isa 8:2

-18. A Levite during the reign of Hezekiah

2Ch 29:13

19. Father of John the Baptist

While there are over 30 different Zechariah's mentioned in the Bible, I am going to assume that you are trying to bring out a seeming contradiction by Jesus when he spoke of the "blood of Abel down to the blood of Zechariah, who was slain between the altar and the house.” (Luke 11:51)

In the parallel account in Matthew, Jesus tells us that Zechariah is the son of Barachiah (Mat 23:35).

We know with a fair amount of certainty that the Zechariah that Jesus was referring to was not the "Zechariah son of Berechiah" who wrote the book of Zechariah (Zech 1:1). There is nothing to indicate that this particular Zechariah was murdered.

Rather, Jesus is far more likely to be referring to the Zechariah mentioned in 2Chronicles chapter 24, because of the circumstances of his death and because Chronicles is listed last in the traditional Jewish canon, thereby making Abel the first and Zechariah the last righteous man recorded in the Hebrew Scriptures as having been murdered. This harmonizes with the intended meaning in Luke 11:51.

in 2Chron 24:20 however, Zechariah is said to be "the son of Jehoi′ada the priest", and not Barachiah. Did Jesus really make an error? No.

Some have thought that the aged priest Jehoiada (2 Chron. 24:15) was actually Zechariah’s grandfather and that his father (Barachiah) was not mentioned in the Hebrew Scriptures, though his name may have been preserved in the genealogies of the priests. Another suggestion, and one that is quite reasonable, is that Jehoiada, the father of Zechariah, who was murdered, may have had two names, as is the case with other Biblical persons. (Compare Matthew 9:9 and Mark 2:14). Interestingly, the meaning of Barachiah (Jah blesses) is much like that of Jehoiada (Jehovah knows or regards).

The most popular Zachariah in the Bible, was an Old Testament prophet; the writer of the Book of Zachariah. I am not sure who his son's name was.

Zachariah was a prophet i don't know of a son but he was the son of Berechiah the son of Iddo. He predicted the return of the Hebrews to Jerusalem and of the messiah first and second return. (Jesus)

Theres two popular ones. One Zachariah was a prophet of the kingdom of Judah. The other was the father of John The Baptist. Thats as straightforward as I can do.

Zachariah was the father of John the Baptist.

He was the father of John the Baptist or his son John who baptised Jesus later on.

John the Babtist

Zechariah was a prophet.His son's name was Iddo.