Zephaniah (1)

1. ZEPHANIAH, or Sophonias, Son of Maseiah; he is called, 2 Kings xxv. 18. the second Priest, while the High-Priest Seraiah performed the Functions of the High-Priesthood, and the first Priest. ‘Tis thought that Zephaniah was as his Deputy, to discharge the Duty when the High-Priest was sick, or that any other Accident happened to him, to hinder him from performing his Office. After the taking of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, Seraiah and Zephaniah were taken and sent to Nebuchadnezzar, who was then at Riblah, and caused them to be put to death; in the Year of the World 3416, before Christ 584, before the Vulgar Æra 588. Zephaniah was sent more than once by Zedekiah,¹ to consult Jeremiah about what should happen to the City. I know not whether Josiah and Hen, mentioned in Zech. vi. 10, 14. were the Sons of this Zephaniah, or of some other.

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