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Zephaniah Bible Study Resources

October 5, 2020 By Krisan Marotta

Zephaniah Bible Study Resources | WednesdayintheWord.com

Study questions, maps, charts, outlines, and links to help you study the Old Testament book of Zephaniah.


Jump to: Background; ** Maps; ** Key Words; ** Encyclopedias; ** Commentaries; ** Articles; ** GotQuestions ** Next **


Basics

  • Zephaniah prophesied to the southern kingdom of Judah approximately 630-625 BC.
  • Zephaniah is the only prophet descended from a king.
  • Zephaniah dates his message to the reign of Josiah (640-609 BC), probably prior to Josiah’s reforms.
  • 628 BC – Josiah tore down the altars to Baal (2 Chronicles 34:3-7).
  • 622 BC – Josiah found the Book of the Law (2 Chronicles 34:8-35:19).
  • Zephaniah was a contemporary of Jeremiah.
  • Politically, the weakening of the Assyrian empire gave Judah a degree of independence for the first time in 50 years which King Josiah took advantage of.
  • Theme: Judgment and destruction are certain unless you repent.
  • Zephaniah was a contemporary of Jeremiah and Habakkuk.

Outline

  • 1:1-2:3 – Judgment on Judah
  • 2:4-15 – Judgment on the nations
  • 3:1-7 – Judgment on Jerusalem
  • 3:8-20 – Salvation in the Day of the Lord

Genre: Understanding Prophecy

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Section 1: Background

Background

  • Introduction to the Prophets
  • Chart: Bible History at a glance
  • Blue Letter Bible: Old Testament Timeline
  • Biblehub: Habakkuk Overview
  • Biblehub: The Divided Kingdom
  • Chart: Kings of Israel & Judah
  • Bible Atlas: Assyria
  • Bible Atlas: Babylon
  • Bible Atlas: Chaldea
  • Bible Atlas: Jerusalem
  • Ray C Stedman: Overview of the Book
  • John MacArthur: Author, Date, Background
  • ESV: Introduction to Minor Prophets
  • ESV: Introduction to Zephaniah
  • ESV: The Global Message of Zephaniah
  • NIV: Introduction to Zephaniah
  • Minor prophets quotes in the New Testament
  • James van Dine: Analysis of Zephaniah
  • David Malick: An Introduction to the Book of Zephaniah
  • David Malick: An Argument of the Book of Zephaniah
  • JVernon McGee:Zephaniah and Haggai – Introductory Notes, Outlines
  • Charles Swindoll: Book of Zephaniah Overview
  • Hampton Keathley: Zephaniah – Overview
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Section 2: Maps

Maps from Bible-History.com

  • Assyrian Conquests
  • Judah under Babylon
  • Judah under Hezekiah
  • Babylonian Empire
  • Old Testament Judah

Maps from Studylight.org

  • The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah (1)
  •  The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah (2)
  • The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah (3)
  •  The Rise of Assyria  
  • Israel & Judah in the days of Jeroboam II and Uzziah
  •  Assyrian Empire under Tiglath-Pileser III  
  • The Syro-Ephraimite War
  • Tiglath-Pileser III’s Campaigns
  • Fall of Samaria and Deportation of Israelites  
  • The Fall of the Kingdom of Israel  
  • Assyrian Districts after the Fall of Samaria
  • Prophets of the 8th Century BCE
  • Hezekiah’s Preparation for Revolt
  • Judah under King Hezekiah
  • Hezekiah’s Jerusalem
  • Sennacherib’s Campaign against Judah
  •  Assyria in the 7th century BCE
  •  The Rise of the Neo-Babylonian Empire
  • The Reign of Josiah
  • The Districts of Judah under King Josiah
  •  The Golden Age of King Josiah
  • Nebuchadnezzar’s Campaigns against Judah
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Section 3: Key Words

Key Words

  • Day (13x) (of the Lord; on that day; a day of ; in that day) – Zep 1:7; Zep 1:8; Zep 1:9; Zep 1:10; Zep 1:14; Zep 1:15; Zep 1:16; Zep 1:18; Zep 2:2; Zep 2:3; Zep 3:8; Zep 3:11; Zep 3:16.
  • earth (8x) – Strong’s H127 in Zep 1:2; Zep 1:3; Strong’s H776 in Zep 1:18; Zep 2:3; Zep 2:11; Zep 3:8; Zep 3:19; Zep 3:20.
  • gather (5x) – Strong’s H7187b in Zep 2:1; Strong’s H622 in Zep 3:8; Zep 3:18; Strong’s H6908 in Zep 3:19; Zep 3:20.
  • remnant (4x)- Strong’s H7611 in Zep 1:4; Zep 2:7; Zep 2:9; Zep 3:13; Strong’s H7605 in Zep 1:4.
  • nations (3x) – Strong’s H1471 in Zep 2:11; Zep 3:6; Zep 3:8.
  • destroy (2x) – Strong’s H6 in Zep 2:5; Zep 2:13.
  • destruction – Strong’s H7724b in Zep 1:14.
  • Woe (2x) – Strong’s H195 in Zep 2:5; Zep 3:1.
  • anger (4x) – Strong’s H639 in Zep 2:2; Zep 2:3; Zep 3:8.
  • wrath (2x) – Strong’s H3117 in Zep 1:15; Zep 1:18.
  • midst (4x) – Strong’s H7130 in Zep 3:11; Zep 3:15; Zep 3:17; Strong’s H8432 in Zep 2:14.
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Section 4: Encyclopedias

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

  • Baker’s Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology: Zephaniah – Theology
  • American Tract Society: Zephaniah
  • Bridgeway Bible Dictionary: Zephaniah
  • Easton’s Bible Dictionary: Zephaniah
  • Fausset Bible Dictionary: Zephaniah, the Book Of; Zephaniah
  • Holman Bible Dictionary: Zephaniah, Book Of; Zephaniah
  • Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible: Zephaniah; Zephaniah (1)
  • Kitto’s Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature: Zephaniah
  • International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Book of Zephaniah
  • McClintock and Strong: Zephaniah, Book Of,; Zephaniah
  • The Nuttall Encyclopedia: Zephaniah
  • The Jewish Encyclopedia: Zephaniah
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Section 5: Commentaries

Commentaries & Study Bibles

  • Ligionier.org Top 5 Commentaries: Zephaniah
  • Tim Challies Best Commentaries:
  • Commentary Reviews: Zephaniah
  • Walter Kaiser-Preacher’s Commentary
  • Calvin’s Commentary on the Bible: Zephaniah
  • Matthew Henry: Zephaniah
  • Albert Barnes Notes: Zephaniah
  • Reformation Study Bible Notes: Zephaniah
  • Geneva Study Bible: Zephaniah
  • Precept Austin Commentaries & Sermons: Zephaniah
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Section 6: Articles

Articles

  • The Message of Zephaniah An Urgent Echo — Greg A. King
  • The Day of the Lord in Zephaniah — By Greg A. King
  • The Remnant in Zephaniah (1995)– Greg A. King
  • The Remnant in Zephaniah (1994) — Greg A. King
  • The Historical Testimony of the Prophet Zephaniah – H Ferguson
  • Literary Look at Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah by Richard D. Patterson
  • Zephaniah’s Day of the LORD – Jonathan Patterson
  • Zephaniah: Protology in Eschatology – Mark A Winder
  • Zephaniah 1:7, 14 The Prophet’s Watchword: Day of the LORD-Richard Mayhue
  • The Commanding Importance of the Prophetic Scriptures – Charles Feinberg
  • D. Rudman, “A Note on Zephaniah,” Biblica 80 (1999): 109-112.
  • Additional Articles On Zephaniah at Bible.org
  • Hampton Keathley: The Minor Prophets
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Section 7: Got Questions

GotQuestions.org

  • Book of Zephaniah – Bible Survey
  • What are the Major Prophets and Minor Prophets?
  • Who are the Chemarim / Chemarims in Zephaniah 1:4?
  • What does it mean to worship the starry host or the host of the heavens (Zephaniah 1:5)?
  • When did Moab and Ammon eventually worship the Lord (Zephaniah 2:11)?
  • What can ordinary people do about sinful religious leaders (Zephaniah 3:4)?
  • What does it mean that God will rejoice over us with singing (Zephaniah 3:17)?
  • Who was Baal?
  • What is the day of the Lord?
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Bible Study Helps

  • Bible Study 101
  • Interpreting Narratives
  • Study Software & websites
  • More Maps & Charts
  • Hebrew word studies by Precepts Austin
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Section 8: Next

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Previous: Habakkuk

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