3 others in the registry answer to the name Zephaniah. Every Zephaniah in the Bible
- verses
- 6
- first named
- 2 Kings 25:18
- last named
- Jeremiah 52:26
- period
- Divided Monarchy
- role
- Man
Description
Who was Zephaniah?
Zephaniah was a priest who served during the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah. He is mentioned several times in the books of Jeremiah and 2 Kings. Zephaniah was the son of Maaseiah and held the position of second priest, subordinate to the high priest Seraiah. King Zedekiah sent Zephaniah, along with others, to inquire of the Lord through the prophet Jeremiah concerning the Babylonian threat. Zephaniah is also mentioned in a letter from Shemaiah, a false prophet in Babylon, who accused Zephaniah of not rebuking Jeremiah for his prophecies. After the fall of Jerusalem, Zephaniah was among the captives taken to Riblah, where Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had him executed.
Relations
Direct connections
Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.
The 10 best-attested of 16 are drawn. All 16 are listed below.
Child of
Took part in
- Captain Of The Guard, Three Doorkeepers, and Nebuzaradan’s taking away of Seraiah, Zephaniah, Three Doorkeepers, People Remaining In City, Court Official, Five Royal Advisors, Scribe Of The Captain Of The Army, and Sixty Men2 Kings 25:182 Kings 25:20
- Nebuzaradan, Royal Advisers, and Sixty Men’s taking away of Seraiah, Zephaniah, Army Scribe, Three Doorkeepers, Court Official, Royal Advisers, and Sixty MenJeremiah 52:24Jeremiah 52:26
- Shemaiah’s sendingJeremiah 29:25
Stands in the same events as
- Jeremiah3 events
- Zedekiah3 events
- Nebuzaradan2 events
- Riblah2 events
- Seraiah2 events
- Shemaiah2 events
- LORD1 event
- Babylon1 event
- Priest1 event
- Nebuchadnezzar1 event
- Jehucal1 event
- Pashhur1 event
and 1 more, ordered by how many events they share.
Places
Where this happens
The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.
Read it
Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 6, across 2 books.
Onward
Where this page goes
Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.
Where they appear
Chapter by chapter
Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.
Sources