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Zephaniah (son of Cushi)

스바냐 (구시의 아들)

Named at Zephaniah 1:1: “The LORD’s word which came to Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah.”

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ZEP 1:1–6, engwebp
¹The LORD’s word which came to Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah.
²I will utterly sweep away everything from the surface of the earth, says the LORD.
³I will sweep away man and animal. I will sweep away the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and the heaps of rubble with the wicked. I will cut off man from the surface of the earth, says the LORD.
⁴I will stretch out my hand against Judah and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place—the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests,
⁵those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by the LORD and also swear by Malcam,
⁶those who have turned back from following the LORD, and those who haven’t sought the LORD nor inquired after him.
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Unresolved interpretation: Hezekiah of Zephaniah 1:1

2 Kings 18:1 says, “Now in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.”
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- 2KI 18:1–3, engwebp
  ¹Now in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
  ²He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.
  ³He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, according to all that David his father had done.
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2 Kings 20:21 says, “Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and Manasseh his son reigned in his place.”
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- 2KI 20:20–21, engwebp
  ²⁰Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
  ²¹Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
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Zephaniah 1:1 names “Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah”.
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- ZEP 1:1–6, engwebp
  ¹The LORD’s word which came to Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah.
  ²I will utterly sweep away everything from the surface of the earth, says the LORD.
  ³I will sweep away man and animal. I will sweep away the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and the heaps of rubble with the wicked. I will cut off man from the surface of the earth, says the LORD.
  ⁴I will stretch out my hand against Judah and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place—the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests,
  ⁵those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by the LORD and also swear by Malcam,
  ⁶those who have turned back from following the LORD, and those who haven’t sought the LORD nor inquired after him.
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2 Kings 18:1 says that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign, and 20:21 that Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and Manasseh his son reigned in his place. Zephaniah 1:1 names Zephaniah, to whom the LORD’s word came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, as “Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah”; the Korean Revised Version reads there 히스기야의 현손이요 아마랴의 증손, the great-great-grandson of Hezekiah and great-grandson of Amariah. Both editions write the name alike in the two books, and Zephaniah 1:1 gives this Hezekiah no title. The text does not say whether the Hezekiah of Zephaniah 1:1 is Hezekiah king of Judah. This collection records the name in the list zep-1-1, linked to no entry, and does not decide it.

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Cushi — Father of — Zephaniah (son of Cushi)

Evidence: Zephaniah 1:1–6
Took part in (1) — The LORD’s word to Zephaniah son of Cushi in the days of Josiah king of Judah

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The LORD’s word which came to Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah.

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Entry: Zephaniah (son of Cushi) (person-zephaniah-cushi)
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Current wording: Named at Zephaniah 1:1: “The LORD’s word which came to Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah.”
Cited evidence: ZEP 1:1–6, engwebp
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