Reading for December 5th

Read Zechariah 12.10-14 Mourning in Jerusalem.
In verse 10 the identification of the object of mourning, the one whom they have pierced, is uncertain; but due to the wide extent of the mourning and the leading role of the house of David in it (vv .10, 12), the person mourned may have been a member of the royal family.
In verse 11 Hadad-rimmon is the name of the Syrian storm god, a figure like Baal, the Canaanite storm god.
If taken as the name of a place named after his deity in the plain of Megiddo, however, this may be a reference to the mourning for the Judean king, Josiah, who was killed by the Egyptians in the plain of Megiddo and mourned by all of Judah and Jerusalem (2 Chr 35.20-25).
In verse 13 Levi and Shimei are priestly families.
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