who were the ethiopians
(Part 2 - Ethiopia) by Rev. Robert Ash. ZEP 1:1 The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. Ethiopians, a race of black people, are another people of color mentioned in scripture. Actually, the Bible term Ethiopia refers to a number of black-skinned peoples who lived in the southern Nile area, including southern Egypt plus modern-day Sudan, Ethiopia (called Havilah in Gen 2:11), Somalia and other areas.