Book Of Zephaniah Background

Many would date the book prior to josiah s reforms 622 621 b c which dealt with much of the nation s idolatry cf.

Book of zephaniah background. Zephaniah means yahweh has hidden protected or yahweh hides. The book of zephaniah belongs to another dark period in judah s history. The prophet whose book bears his name zephaniah 1 1 2.

A priest the son of maaseiah jeremiah 21 1. The name zephaniah occurs ten times in the old testament and is spelled in a couple of different ways. About one hundred years earlier the prophets micah and isaiah had watched as the northern kingdom of israel was wiped out because of their unbelief and disobedience to the lord.

Zephaniah prophesied during the reign of josiah 640 609 b c a judean king who sought to reestablish acceptable worship practices 2 kings 22 1 23 30. צ פ נ י ה tsfanya is the ninth of the twelve minor prophets preceded by the book of habakkuk and followed by the book of haggai. The words of zephaniah contain one of my favorite bible verses.

Zephaniah 1 1 tells us that this book was written during the reign of josiah. Now zephaniah was warning the people of judah that the same thing. The theme of zephaniah is the approaching day of the lord this day is one of judgment against those who sin against god and one of blessing for those who follow him.

The book of zephaniah ˌ z ɛ f ə ˈ n aɪ. 2 ki 22 23 since there are implications of idolatry in zephaniah s judah cf. The book tells us that zephaniah prophesied during the reign of josiah the king of judah from 640 to 609 bc zephaniah 1 1.

2 kings 25 18 3. A kohathite the son of tahath 1. The opening verses of the book of zephaniah revealed the prophet zephaniah s lineage that traced back to king hezekiah which made him of royal blood.