‏ Zephaniah 2:5

Verse 5. The sea-coasts, the nation of the Cherethites] The sea-coasts mean all the country lying on the Mediterranean coast from Egypt to Joppa and Gaza. The Cherethites-the Cretans who were probably a colony of the Phoenicians. See on 1Sa 30:14, and Am 9:7.

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