Zephaniah was the son of Cushi, and great-grandson of Hezekiah, and the ninth in the order of the minor prophets.[1]" He prophesied in the days of Josiah, king of Judah (B.C. 641-610), and was contemporary with Jeremiah, with whom he had much in common.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Easton's Bible Dictionary, article on Zephaniah originally published in 1897.