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The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
Zephaniah 1:1 — KJV
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Zephaniah 1:1
King James Version (KJV)
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Zephaniah 1:1
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Commentary
Commentary on Zephaniah 1:1
Theological / DevotionalWord of the Lord. The message was not Zephaniah’s, but God’s (see 2 Sam. 23:1, 2; 2 Tim. 3:16, 17; 2 Peter 1:21).
Hizkiah. Identical in Hebrew with “Hezekiah.” The fact that Zephaniah’s ancestry is traced back four generations, whereas usually only a prophet’s father is mentioned, if any ancestry is given at all, lends weight to the view that this “Hezekiah” was especially noteworthy, most likely the king of Judah by that name. Also, the time interval between these personages is such that Zephaniah could well have been the great-great-grandson of Hezekiah, the king.
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