Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
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Because
1 Kings 21:8
So she sent a letter in Ahab's name, stamped with his stamp, to the elders and nobles who were in authority with Naboth.
2 Kings 10:1
Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. Jehu sent letters to Samaria, to the rulers of the town, and to the elders, and to those who took care of the sons of Ahab. The letter stated:
2 Kings 19:9
Sennacherib heard that King Tirhakah of Sudan was coming to fight him. Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying:
2 Chronicles 32:17
Sennacherib wrote letters cursing Jehovah the God of Israel. These letters said: The gods of the nations in other countries could not rescue their people from me. Hezekiah's God cannot rescue his people from me.
Ezra 4:7
In the time of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his friends, sent a letter to Artaxerxes, king of Persia, writing it in the Aramaic language.
Nehemiah 6:5
Then Sanballat sent his servant to me a fifth time with an open letter in his hand.
Acts 9:2
He asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, that if he found any there who belonged to The Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
Zephaniah
Jeremiah 29:29
The priest Zephaniah read this letter to the prophet Jeremiah.
Jeremiah 21:1
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah. King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah. The king said to Jeremiah:
Jeremiah 37:3
King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah to the prophet Jeremiah. They asked him: Please pray to Jehovah our God for us.
Jeremiah 52:24
The captain of the guard took the chief priest Seraiah, the second priest Zephaniah, and the three doorkeepers.
2 Kings 25:18
The captain of the guard took the high priest Seraiah, the second priest Zephaniah, and the three doorkeepers.
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Jeremiah 29:29
The priest Zephaniah read this letter to the prophet Jeremiah.