Zechariah 6:12

13. These vv. are somewhat difficult. The simplest way out of the difficulty is to suppose that, after the word head in Zechariah 6:11, the words 'of Zerubbabel and' have accidentally fallen out. This explains the use of the plural 'crowns' in Zechariah 6:11; Zechariah 6:14, but it does not explain why only one of these rulers is addressed in Zechariah 6:12; Zechariah 6:13. Many scholars hold that the crown is really for Zerubbabel, the civil ruler, whose name, for political reasons, has been suppressed, and. that Zechariah 6:12 refer to him, as fulfilling the prophecy of the Branch (see Isaiah 11:1) and completing the Temple. However this may be, the ultimate fulfilment of the prophecy is in Him, through whom we have the far more glorious Temple, 'not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.'