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Topic:
The Book Of Zephaniah -- A Brief Overview
The name Zephaniah means Jehovah has concealed, or Jehovah of
darkness. Zephaniah was…
(1.) 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). (c) An exhortation to seek God
while there is still time (2:1-3). (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).
(2.) 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 (Jer. 21:1) regarding the coming woes which he had denounced,
and to entreat the prophet's intercession that the judgment threatened
might be averted (Jer. 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).
(3.) A Kohathite ancestor of the prophet Samuel (1 Chr. 6:36).
(4.) The father of Josiah, the priest who dwelt in Jerusalem when Darius
issued the decree that the temple should be rebuilt (Zech. 6:10).
From: Easton's Bible Dictionary. Fair Use. Presented for educational
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