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צְפַנְיָה , צְפַנְיָהוּ

Jehovah has concealed, or Jehovah of darkness.

The son of Cushi, and great-grandson of Hezekiah, and the ninth in the order of the minor prophets. He prophesied in the days of Josiah, king of Judah (B.C. 641-610), and was contemporary with Jeremiah, with whom he had much in common. The book of his prophecies consists of:

(A) An introduction (1:1-6), announcing the judgment of the world, and the judgment upon Israel, because of their transgressions.

(B) The description of the judgment (1:7-18).

(D) The announcement of judgment on the heathen (2:4-15).

(E) The hopeless misery of Jerusalem (3:1-7).

(F) The promise of salvation (3:8-20).

The son of Maaseiah, the "second priest" in the reign of Zedekiah, often mentioned in Jeremiah as having been sent from the king to inquire (Jeremiah 21:1 ) regarding the coming woes which he had denounced, and to entreat the prophet's intercession that the judgment threatened might be averted (Jeremiah 29:25,26,29; 37:3; 52:24 ). He, along with some other captive Jews, was put to death by the king of Babylon "at Riblah in the land of Hamath" (2 Kings 25:21 ).

A Kohathite ancestor of the prophet Samuel (1 Chronicles 6:36 ).

The father of Josiah, the priest who dwelt in Jerusalem when Darius issued the decree that the temple should be rebuilt (Zechariah 6:10 ).

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These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

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Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Zephaniah'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/z/zephaniah.html. 1897.

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