Zephani’ah, (Heb. Tsephanyah’, צפִניָה [in the prolonged form Tsephanya'hu, צפִניָהוּ, 2 Kings 25:18], hidden of Jehovah; Sept. Σοφονίας v.r. [in 1 Chronicles] Σαφανίας,Vulg. Sophonias), the name of four Hebrews.
1. A Kohathite Levite, son of Tahath and father of Azariah, in the ancestry of the prophet Samuel (q.v.) and of Heman (1 Chronicles 6:36 [Heb. 21]); the same elsewhere (ver. 24 [9]) called URIEL SEE URIEL (q.v.) the father of Uzziah.
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Author: McClintock and Strong Cyclopedia
Keywords: Zephaniah
Bible reference(s): 1 Chronicles 6:36, 2 Kings 25:18, Jeremiah 21:1, Jeremiah 37:3, Jeremiah 52:24, Zechariah 6:10, Zephaniah 1:1
Source: John McClintock and James Strong, Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature.
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