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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Cushi
The name means the Cushite, and at least two men carry it. One was the father of Shelemiah, whose son was sent to fetch Baruch after Jeremiah's scroll was burned. Another is in Zephaniah's family line, a few generations below Hezekiah.
The name means the Cushite, and at least two men carry it. One was the father of Shelemiah, whose son was sent to fetch Baruch after Jeremiah's scroll was burned. Another is in Zephaniah's family line, a few generations below Hezekiah.
Cushi, meaning “the Cushite” or “Ethiopian,” is applied to at least two men in the Old Testament: the father of Shelemiah, whose son was sent to summon Baruch after Jeremiah's scroll was burned (Jeremiah 36:14), and an ancestor of the prophet Zephaniah (Zephaniah 1:1). The name likely reflects African ancestry or origin somewhere in the family line rather than a single individual, since it recurs at different points in the genealogical record. Some readers connect Zephaniah's own line to royal descent through Hezekiah, named a few generations further back in the same verse.
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- Jeremiah 36:14
- Zephaniah 1:1
