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Person

Cushi

father of Zephaniah

Father of the prophet Zephaniah, named in the superscription of that book as part of a lineage possibly connected to King Hezekiah.

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Who or what is this?

Cushi is identified in the superscription of 1:1 as the father of the prophet Zephaniah and part of a four-generation lineage tracing back to . The text reads: "The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of , the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah." If Hizkiah is the same as King Hezekiah, then Cushi was a royal descendant. No other biblical information is given about Cushi himself.

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