Editing Zephaniah (section)

==Other Zephaniahs in the Bible==

Other individuals named Zephaniah include:
# The son of [[Maaseiah]], the "second priest" in the reign of [[Zedekiah]], often mentioned in Jeremiah as having been sent from the king to inquire (Jer. 21:1) regarding the coming woes which he had denounced, and to entreat the prophet's intercession that the judgment threatened might be averted (Jer 29:25, 26, 29; 37:3; 52:24). He, along with some other captive Jews, was put to death by [[Nebuchadnezzar II]] "at Riblah in the land of Hamath" (2 Kings 25:21).
# A Kohathite ancestor of the prophet [[Samuel]] (1 Chr 6:36).
# The father of Josiah, the [[kohen]] (priest) who dwelt in Jerusalem when [[Darius I]] issued the decree that the temple should be rebuilt ... (Zech 6:10).