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Cushite
Disambiguation
The source enumerates 4 distinct subjects under Cushite. Jump to one below, or read in order.
Cushite (1)
#The messenger sent by Joab to David to announce his victory over Absalom (2 Sam. 18:32).
Cushite (2)
#The father of Shelemiah (Jer. 36:14).
Cushite (3)
#Son of Gedaliah, and father of the prophet Zephaniah (1:1).
Cushite (4)
#Moses married a Cushite woman (Num. 12:1). From this circumstance some have supposed that Zipporah was meant, and hence that Midian was Cush.
In the Bible
11
Verses where Cushite is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 2 Chronicles 14:9
Then Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots, and they advanced as far as Mareshah.
- 2 Samuel 18:21
So Joab said to a Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” The Cushite bowed to Joab and took off running.
- 2 Samuel 18:22
Ahimaaz son of Zadok, however, persisted and said to Joab, “No matter what, please let me also run behind the Cushite!” “My son,” Joab replied, “why do you want to run, since you will not receive a reward?”
- 2 Samuel 18:23
“No matter what, I want to run!” he replied. “Then run!” Joab told him. So Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain and outran the Cushite.
- 2 Samuel 18:31
Just then the Cushite came and said, “May my lord the king hear the good news: Today the LORD has avenged you of all who rose up against you!”
- 2 Samuel 18:32
The king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And the Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up against you to harm you be like that young man.”
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Entries that reference Cushite
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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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