Charles Ellicott Commentary Zechariah 2:9

"For, behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they shall be a spoil to those that served them; and ye shall know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me." — Zechariah 2:9 (ASV)

The troubles which overtook Babylon shortly after this time are sufficiently attested to by the inscription executed by Darius in the fifth year of his reign (Sir W . Rawlinson) on the great rock of Behistun, near the western frontier of Media. On it are recorded two great insurrections in Babylonia, and that Babylon itself was twice taken: once by Darius in person, and again by his general, Intaphres (Records of the Past, Vol . I., pp. 118-125). On the latter occasion, “says Darius the king, I made a decree that Arakha and his principal followers should be put to death in Babylon.”