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Zech. 9:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Rejoiceh greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: hei is just, and πhaving salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

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John 12:14‑15• ¹⁴And Jesus, having found a young ass, sat upon it; as it is written,
¹⁵Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt. (John 12:14‑15)

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Isa. 45:21• ²¹Declare and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath caused this to be heard from ancient time? who hath declared it long ago? Is it not I, Jehovah? And there is no God else beside me; a just *God and a Saviour, there is none besides me. (Isa. 45:21)

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or, saving himself.

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Zion; Sion; Mount Zion

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Rejoice.

Zech. 2:10• ¹⁰Sing aloud and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for behold, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith Jehovah. (Zech. 2:10)

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Psa. 97:6‑8• ⁶The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the peoples see his glory.
⁷Ashamed be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols. Worship him, all ye gods.
⁸Zion heard, and rejoiced; and the daughters of Judah were glad, because of thy judgments, O Jehovah. (Psa. 97:6‑8)

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Isa. 12:6• ⁶Cry out and shout, thou inhabitress of Zion; for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee. (Isa. 12:6)

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Isa. 40:9• ⁹O Zion, that bringest glad tidings, get thee up into a high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest glad tidings, lift up thy voice with strength: lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! (Isa. 40:9)

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Isa. 52:9‑10• ⁹Break forth, sing aloud together, waste places of Jerusalem; for Jehovah comforteth his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
¹⁰Jehovah hath made bare his holy arm in the sight of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. (Isa. 52:9‑10)

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Isa. 62:11• ¹¹Behold, Jehovah hath proclaimed unto the end of the earth, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompence before him. (Isa. 62:11)

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Zeph. 3:14‑15• ¹⁴Exult, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; rejoice and be glad with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem:
¹⁵Jehovah hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy; the King of Israel, Jehovah, is in the midst of thee; thou shalt not see evil any more. (Zeph. 3:14‑15)

behold.

Psa. 2:6• ⁶And *I* have anointed my king upon Zion, the hill of my holiness. (Psa. 2:6)

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Psa. 45:1• ¹To the chief Musician. Upon Shoshannim. Of the sons of Korah. An instruction;--a song of the Beloved. My heart is welling forth with a good matter: I say what I have composed touching the king. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. (Psa. 45:1)

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Psa. 110:1‑4• ¹Psalm of David. Jehovah said unto my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put thine enemies as footstool of thy feet.
²Jehovah shall send the sceptre of thy might out of Zion: rule in the midst of thine enemies.
³Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in holy splendour: from the womb of the morning shall come to thee the dew of thy youth.
⁴Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art priest for ever after the order of Melchisedek. (Psa. 110:1‑4)

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Isa. 9:6‑7• ⁶For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name is called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty *God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.
⁷Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with judgment and with righteousness, from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this. (Isa. 9:6‑7)

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Isa. 32:1‑2• ¹Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
²And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the storm; as brooks of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land. (Isa. 32:1‑2)

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Jer. 23:5‑6• ⁵Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, when I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, who shall reign as king, and act wisely, and shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.
⁶In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell in safety; and this is his name whereby he shall be called, Jehovah our Righteousness. (Jer. 23:5‑6)

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Jer. 30:9• ⁹But they shall serve Jehovah their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. (Jer. 30:9)

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Matt. 21:4‑5• ⁴But all this came to pass, that that might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
⁵Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold thy King cometh to thee, meek, and mounted upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. (Matt. 21:4‑5)

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Mark 11:9‑10• ⁹And those going on before and those following cried out, Hosanna! blessed be he that comes in the Lord's name.
¹⁰Blessed be the coming kingdom of our father David. Hosanna in the highest! (Mark 11:9‑10)

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Luke 19:37‑38• ³⁷And as he drew near, already at the descent of the mount of Olives, all the multitude of the disciples began, rejoicing, to praise God with a loud voice for all the works of power which they had seen,
³⁸saying, Blessed the King that comes in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. (Luke 19:37‑38)

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John 1:49• ⁴⁹Nathanael answered and said to him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God, thou art the King of Israel. (John 1:49)

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John 12:13‑15• ¹³took branches of palms and went out to meet him, and cried, Hosanna, blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel.
¹⁴And Jesus, having found a young ass, sat upon it; as it is written,
¹⁵Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt. (John 12:13‑15)

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John 19:15• ¹⁵But they cried out, Take him away, take him away, crucify him. Pilate says to them, Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. (John 19:15)

he is.

Psa. 45:6‑7• ⁶Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom:
⁷Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness; therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions. (Psa. 45:6‑7)

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Psa. 85:9‑12• ⁹Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.
¹⁰Loving-kindness and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other:
¹¹Truth shall spring out of the earth, and righteousness shall look down from the heavens.
¹²Jehovah also will give what is good, and our land shall yield its increase. (Psa. 85:9‑12)

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Isa. 45:21• ²¹Declare and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath caused this to be heard from ancient time? who hath declared it long ago? Is it not I, Jehovah? And there is no God else beside me; a just *God and a Saviour, there is none besides me. (Isa. 45:21)

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Matt. 1:21• ²¹And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for *he* shall save his people from their sins. (Matt. 1:21)

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Rom. 3:24‑26• ²⁴being justified freely by his grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;
²⁵whom God has set forth a mercy-seat, through faith in his blood, for the shewing forth of his righteousness, in respect of the passing by the sins that had taken place before, through the forbearance of God;
²⁶for the shewing forth of his righteousness in the present time, so that he should be just, and justify him that is of the faith of Jesus. (Rom. 3:24‑26)

having salvation.

or, saving himself.

lowly.

Matt. 11:29• ²⁹Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls; (Matt. 11:29)

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Matt. 21:5‑7• ⁵Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold thy King cometh to thee, meek, and mounted upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
⁶But the disciples, having gone and done as Jesus had ordered them,
⁷brought the ass and the colt and put their garments upon them, and he sat on them. (Matt. 21:5‑7)

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Mark 11:7• ⁷And they led the colt to Jesus, and cast their clothes upon it, and he sat on it; (Mark 11:7)

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Luke 19:30‑35• ³⁰saying, Go into the village over against you, in which ye will find, on entering it, a colt tied up, on which no child of man ever sat at any time: loose it and lead it here.
³¹And if any one ask you, Why do ye loose it? thus shall ye say to him, Because the Lord has need of it.
³²And they that were sent, having gone their way, found as he had said to them.
³³And as they were loosing the colt, its masters said to them, Why loose ye the colt?
³⁴And they said, Because the Lord has need of it.
³⁵And they led it to Jesus; and having cast their own garments on the colt, they put Jesus on it. (Luke 19:30‑35)

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John 12:14‑16• ¹⁴And Jesus, having found a young ass, sat upon it; as it is written,
¹⁵Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.
¹⁶Now his disciples knew not these things at the first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things to him. (John 12:14‑16)

• He thus calls upon the daughter of Zion to rejoice in the glorious prospect unfolded, and reminds her at the same time that all she looked and longed for was bound up with the advent of the Messiah. He places the daughter of Jerusalem and of Zion on an eminence, as it were, whence she can behold the King approaching, and calls upon her to shout with joy as she beholds Him. (“Zechariah 9” by E. Dennett)

• “He does not say a king, but thy King, thine own, the long-promised, the long-expected.” (“Zechariah 9” by E. Dennett)

• He will found His kingdom and reign in righteousness (Psa. 72). Next, He has salvation; that is, He brings salvation, not so much here to the individual soul that trusts in Him, as salvation, or deliverance, to His people from their enemies (Compare Luke 1:67-75; 2:29-32) (“Zechariah 9” by E. Dennett)

• That He was the lowly One here all know; but we are apt to forget that meekness is His abiding character, not a feature produced by His circumstances of trial and sorrow when He was down here to do the will of God, but a trait of His perfectness as man. (“Zechariah 9” by E. Dennett)

• The sons of judges rode upon asses (Judg. 10:4; 12:14), but, as a devout writer has remarked, “There is no instance in which a king rode on an ass, save He whose kingdom was not of this world.” (“Zechariah 9” by E. Dennett)

• Note the omission of some of the words in the citation from Zechariah both in Matthew and John. In Matthew the words “just” and “having salvation” are not found; and in John, where the characteristic presentation of Christ is as the Son of God, the word “lowly” is also omitted. The reason is evident to the spiritual mind. Though Jesus was the Messiah, rejected as He was, He did not then enter Jerusalem as righteous (it was rather in grace), and as having salvation — nor could He while rejected, but He did enter as the lowly One; and hence this word is retained in Matthew, while John leaves out this also, as before said, because of the aspect in which, as led of the Holy Spirit, he portrays the life of our blessed Lord. Observe also that neither Matthew nor John calls upon the daughter of Sion to rejoice or to shout. The former says, “Tell ye the daughter of Sion”; the latter, “Fear not.” The time of rejoicing could not come as long as the King was rejected. (“Zechariah 9” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion; shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, thy King cometh to thee: he is just, and having salvationc; lowly and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.

JND Translation Notes

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The Hebrew verb has a reflexive force here -- "having" or "bringing salvation by himself." see Heb. 1.3.