ZEMARITE zem'-a-rit (ha-tsemari; ho Samaraios): A Canaanite people named in Genesis 10:18; 1 Chronicles 1:16. The occurrence of the name between Arvadite and Hamathite gives a hint as to locality. A place called Cumur is mentioned in the Tell el-Amarna Letters along with Arvad. The name probably survives in that of Sumra, a village on the seacoast

ZELZAH zel'-za (tseltsach; hallomenous megala): A place where Samuel told Saul he would meet two men with news that the asses were found. Its position is defined as "by Rachel's sepulchre, in the border of Benjamin" (1 Samuel 10:2). It has been thought that the place of meeting was sufficiently indicated without the word betseltsach, which is tran

ZEMARAIM zem-a-ra'-im (cemdrayim; Codex Vaticanus Sara; Codex Alexandrinus Semrim): A city in the territory of Benjamin. It is named between Betharabah and Bethel (Joshua 18:22), and is probably to be sought East of the latter city. It is usual to identify it with es-Samra, a ruin about 4 miles North of Jericho. Mt. Zemaraim probably derived its n

ZELOPHEHAD ze-lo'-fe-had (tslophchadh, meaning unknown): Head of a Manassite family who died without male issue (Numbers 26:33; 27:1,7; 36:2,6,10,11; Joshua 17:3; 1 Chronicles 7:15). His daughters came to Moses and Eleazar and successfully pleaded for a possession for themselves (Numbers 27:1). This became the occasion for a law providing that in

ZELOTES ze-lo'-tez (Zelotes). See SIMON THE ZEALOT; ZEALOT. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ZELOTES'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ZELEK ze'-lek (tseleq, meaning unknown): An Ammonite, one of David's mighty men (2 Samuel 23:37; 1 Chronicles 11:39). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ZELEK'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ZEEB ze'-eb, zeb. See OREB. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ZEEB'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ZELA, ZELAH ze'-la (tsela` (2 Samuel 21:14)): A city in the territory of Benjamin (Joshua 18:28; the Septuagint here omits). Here was the burying-place of the family of Saul, whither the bones of the king and of Jonathan were brought for burial (2 Samuel 21:14; the Septuagint here reads en te pleura, translating tsela`, "side"). The place is not i

ZEDEKIAH (1) zed-e-ki'-a (tsidhqiyahu, tsidhqiyah, "Yah my righteousness"; Sedekia, Sedekias): (1) The son of Chenaanah (1 Kings 22:11,24; 2 Chronicles 18:10,23). Zedekiah was apparently the leader and spokesman of the 400 prophets attached to the court in Samaria whom Ahab summoned in response to Jehoshaphat's request that a prophet of Yahweh sho

ZEDEKIAH (2) (tsidhqiyahu, "Yah my righteousness"; name changed from Mattaniah (mattanyah, "gift of Yah"; Sedekias): I. SOURCES FOR HIS REGION AND TIME 1. Annalistic 2. Prophetic II. THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAST KING OF JUDAH 1. The Situation 2. The Parvenu Temper 3. Inconsistencies 4. Character of the King 5. His Fate 6. Doom of the Na

ZEDECHIAS zed-e-ki'-as: 1 Esdras 1:46 the King James Version = the Revised Version (British and American) "Sedekias." Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ZEDECHIAS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ZECHRIAS zek-ri'-as (Codex Vaticanus (Zechrias, A and Fritzsche, Ezerias; the King James Version Ezerias): An ancestor of Ezra (1 Esdras 8:1) = "Azariah" of Ezra 7:1. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ZECHRIAS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia"

ZEDAD ze'-dad (tsedhadhah, only found with He locale; Samaritan tseradhah; Septuagint Saradak, Sadadak, Saddak): A town or district named in Numbers 34:8; Ezekiel 47:15 as on the ideal northern boundary of Israel. The uncertainty of the reading has led to two different identifications being proposed. The form "Zerad" was accepted by yon Kasteren,

ZECHARIAH, BOOK OF 1. The Prophet 2. His Times and Mission 3. Contents and Analysis 4. The Critical Question Involved 5. The Unity of the Book 6. Conclusion LITERATURE Few books of the Old Testament are as difficult of interpretation as the Book of Zechariah; no other book is as Messianic. Jewish expositors like Abarbanel and Jarchi, and Chr

ZECHER ze'-ker (zakher, pausal form for zekher, "memorial"; the King James Version Zacher): In 1 Chronicles 8:31 = "Zechariah" of 1 Chronicles 9:37. See ZECHARIAH, (5). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ZECHER'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ZECHARIAH (1) zek-a-ri'-a (zekharyahu, or zekharyah; the Septuagint Zacharia(s)): A very common name in the Old Testament. The form, especially the longer form, of the name would suggest for its meaning, "Yah remembers" or "Yah is renowned," and the name was doubtless understood in this sense in later times. But the analogies with ZACCUR, ZECHER,

ZECHARIAH (2) (zekharyah, zekharydhu, "Yah has remembered" (2 Kings 14:29; 15:8-12); Zacharias, the King James Version Zachariah): Son of Jeroboam II, and 14th king of Israel. He was the 4th of the line of Jehu, and reigned six months. Zechariah succeeded to a splendid inheritance, as he was king, not only of the ten tribes of Israel, but of the S

ZEBULUNITES zeb'-u-lun-its (hazebhuloni; Zaboulon): Members of the tribe of Zebulun (Numbers 26:27; Judges 12:11). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ZEBULUNITES'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ZEBULONITE zeb`-u-lon-it. See ZEBULUNITES. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ZEBULONITE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ZEBULUN zeb'-u-lun (zebhulun, also written zebuwlun and zebuluwn; the first form occurs only in Judges 1:30; the other two are frequent, and are used interchangeably; Zaboulon): In Genesis 30:20 Leah exclaims, "God hath endowed me with a good dowry," which suggests a derivation of Zebulun from zabhadh, "to bestow," the (d) being replaced by (l). A