Zep 2:4 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Zeph 2:4: 2:4–3:20 Zephaniah turns his attention to the judgment of the foreign nations (2:4-15 ) before returning to the judgment of Judah and Jerusalem (3:1-8 ). He then outlines God’s plans for his purified and obedient people (3:9-20 ). Summary for Zeph 2:4-15: 2:4-15 Zephaniah began his pronouncements with the Philistines , whose kingdom lay on Judah’s west (2:4-7 ). He moved on to Moab and Ammon in the east (2:8-11 ), and finally singled out Cush (Ethiopia) to the south (2:12 ) and Assyria to the north (2:13-15 ). 2:4 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon conquered the Philistine cities of Gaza and Ashkelon ... Ashdod and Ekron. Gaza remained deserted, but the others recovered and continued into later times. Zephaniah does not mention Gath, the fifth major Philistine city (see 1 Sam 6:17 ), which had either disappeared or become unimportant by Zephaniah’s time.

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‏ Zephaniah 2:4

Summary for Zeph 2:4: 2:4–3:20 ^a Zephaniah turns his attention to the judgment of the foreign nations (2:4-15 ^b) before returning to the judgment of Judah and Jerusalem (3:1-8 ^c). He then outlines God’s plans for his purified and obedient people (3:9-20 ^d).
Summary for Zeph 2:4-15: 2:4-15 ^e Zephaniah began his pronouncements with the Philistines, whose kingdom lay on Judah’s west (2:4-7 ^f). He moved on to Moab and Ammon in the east (2:8-11 ^g), and finally singled out Cush (Ethiopia) to the south (2:12 ^h) and Assyria to the north (2:13-15 ⁱ). 2:4 ^j King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon conquered the Philistine cities of Gaza and Ashkelon ... Ashdod and Ekron. Gaza remained deserted, but the others recovered and continued into later times. Zephaniah does not mention Gath, the fifth major Philistine city (see 1 Sam 6:17 ^k), which had either disappeared or become unimportant by Zephaniah’s time.