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Cushite

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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The messenger sent by Joab to David to announce his victory over Absalom (2 Samuel 18:32 ).

The father of Shelemiah (Jeremiah 36:14 ).

Son of Gedaliah, and father of the prophet (Zephaniah 1:1 ).

Moses married a Cushite woman (Numbers 12:1 ). From this circumstance some have supposed that Zipporah was meant, and hence that Midian was Cush.

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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 'Cushite'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/c/cushite.html. 1897.

Bible Dictionaries Cushite

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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Cushite