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• Baal-zephon

  Baal-zephon is a place name near the site where the Israelites encamped before crossing the Red Sea during the Exodus. It appears in Exodus 14 and Numbers 33, and its exact location is unknown.

• Teman (son of Eliphaz)

  Teman was a son of Eliphaz, the firstborn of Esau, and one of the chiefs of the Edomites. His name is also used for a region in the land of Edom and for its people.

• Eliphaz (Son of Esau)

  Eliphaz was the firstborn son of Esau by his wife Adah. He appears in the Edomite genealogies of Genesis 36 and 1 Chronicles 1, where he is recorded as the father of Amalek and the ancestor of several Edomite chiefs.

• Zephaniah

  Zephaniah is the ninth book of the twelve Minor Prophets of the Old Testament. It records the prophet Zephaniah's warnings of judgment on "the day of the LORD" and his promise that a remnant will be restored, delivered during the reign of King Josiah of Judah. The book has three chapters.

• Zephaniah (Prophet)

  Zephaniah was an Old Testament prophet who ministered during the reign of King Josiah of Judah. The Old Testament Book of Zephaniah preserves his prophecies, in which he proclaimed the judgment to come on "the day of the LORD" and the restoration of the remnant.

• Valley of Zephathah

  The Valley of Zephathah is a valley near Mareshah where King Asa of Judah confronted the vast army of Zerah the Cushite (Ethiopian). In the Old Testament it appears only in 2 Chronicles 14.

• Zephath

  Zephath was a town in southern Canaan mentioned in Judges 1:17. According to the biblical account, the tribes of Judah and Simeon together attacked and utterly destroyed it, after which it was renamed Hormah.

• Zephaniah 3:17

  Zephaniah 3:17 declares that God, present in the midst of restored Jerusalem, rejoices and sings over His people. It is frequently cited as a word of comfort that reveals God's joy and love.

• Zephaniah 3

  Zephaniah 3 is the final chapter of the Book of Zephaniah. It opens with a declaration of judgment rebuking the sins of Jerusalem's leaders and closes with promises of the purification of the nations, the restoration of the remnant, and the joy of Zion.

• Zephaniah 2

  Zephaniah 2 calls Judah to repentance and then prophesies judgment on the surrounding nations (Philistia, Moab, Ammon, Cush, and Assyria), along with the restoration promised to the remnant of Judah.

• Zephaniah 1

  Zephaniah 1 records the word that came to Zephaniah in the days of Josiah. It indicts Judah and Jerusalem for idolatry and religious indifference and proclaims the coming judgment of the "day of the LORD."

• Zephaniah (son of Maaseiah)

  Zephaniah son of Maaseiah was a priest who served as the second priest, ranking next to the high priest, during the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah. He was sent by the king as an envoy to Jeremiah and was executed at Riblah after the fall of Jerusalem.

• Josiah (son of Zephaniah)

  Josiah was the owner of the house where a group of returned exiles gathered. The son of Zephaniah, he appears in Zechariah 6:10 and is called "Hen" in Zechariah 6:14.

• Hormah

  Hormah was a town in the Negev, the southern region of Canaan. During the wilderness period, Israel was defeated and driven back as far as this place, and the town was later named for the "utter destruction" Israel brought upon it. It appears in Numbers, Joshua, Judges, and other books.

• Cushi

  Cushi was the father of the Old Testament prophet Zephaniah. He is named only once in Scripture, in the genealogy of Zephaniah 1:1, and nothing else about his life is recorded.

• Bitumen

  Bitumen is a black, sticky, naturally occurring asphalt substance found in the earth. In the Bible it served as a waterproofing agent and adhesive for Noah's ark, the Tower of Babel, and the ark of bulrushes in which the infant Moses was placed.

• Minor Prophets

  The Minor Prophets are the twelve prophetic books, Hosea through Malachi, that appear at the end of the Old Testament. The name refers to the books' brevity, not to any lesser importance.

• Hippolytus

  Hippolytus (c. 170 – c. 235) was a presbyter and theologian of the church in Rome in the early third century. His *Refutation of All Heresies* is an important source for the study of heresies in the early church.

• Jedaiah

  Jedaiah was one of the returned exiles from Babylon mentioned in the Book of Zechariah. Together with Heldai and Tobijah, he was involved in the making of a crown for Joshua the high priest from the silver and gold they had brought (Zechariah 6:10, 14).

• Heldai

  Heldai was a Jew who returned from the Babylonian exile. In Zechariah 6, the silver and gold received from him were made into crowns that were set upon the head of Joshua the high priest. In Zechariah 6:14 he is called "Helem."