(3.) A city in the mountains of Judah (Joshua 15:55), identified with the
uninhabited ruins of Tell ez-Zif, about 5 miles south-east of Hebron. Here
David hid himself during his wanderings (1 Samuel 23:19; Psalm 54, title).
- ZIPHAH a descendant of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:16).
- ZIPHRON sweet odour, a city on the northern border of Palestine
(Numbers 34:9), south-east of Hamath. - ZIPPOR a little bird, the father of Balak, king of Moab (Numbers 22:2,
4). - ZIPPORAH a female bird. Reuel’s daughter, who became the wife of
Moses (Exodus 2:21). In consequence of the event recorded in Exodus
4:24-26, she and her two sons, Gershom and Eliezer, when so far on the
way with Moses toward Egypt, were sent back by him to her own
kinsfolk, the Midianites, with whom they sojourned till Moses afterwards
joined them (18:2-6). - ZITHRI the Lord protects, a Levite, son of Uzziel (Exodus 6:22).
- ZIZ projecting; a flower, a cleft or pass, probably that near En-gedi,
which leads up from the Dead Sea (2 Chronicles 20:16) in the direction of
Tekoa; now Tell Hasasah. - ZIZA splendour; abundance. (1.) A Simeonite prince (1 Chronicles
4:37-43).
(2.) A son of Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 11:20).