Bible Person

Regem-melech

Male · 1 cross reference

Regem-melech is one of the men sent in Zechariah 7:2 to ask about fasting practices. He belongs to the post-exilic community's effort to understand obedience after judgment and return. First appears in Zech 7:2.1

AI summary: Regem-melech matters because his single cross reference stands at the start of a prophetic exchange about ritual, repentance, and true justice. The entry helps show that restored worship required renewed understanding, not mere continuation of inherited habits. Taken together, the material presents Regem-melech as a messenger in a post-exilic inquiry.1

Central Figure

Regem-melech

Friend of the king, one of the two messengers sent by the exiled Jews to Jerusalem in the time of Darius (Zech.