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Zephaniah 2:5

King James Version (KJV)

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Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD [is] against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.

Zephaniah 2:5 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Zephaniah 2:5

Theological / Devotional

Cherethites. The Cherethites are believed to have inhabited the southern part of the Philistine seacoast (see on 1 Sam. 30:14). The LXX has paroikoi Kreton, “the neighbors of the Cretans,” or “the sojourners among the Cretans.”

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