- ZERED =Zared, luxuriance; willow bush, a brook or valley communicating
with the Dead Sea near its southern extremity (Numbers 21:12;
Deuteronomy 2:14). It is called the “brook of the willows” (Isaiah 15:7)
and the “river of the wilderness” (Amos 6:14). It has been identified with
the Wady el-Aksy. - ZEREDA the fortress, a city on the north of Mount Ephraim; the
birthplace of Jeroboam (1 Kings 11:26). It is probably the same as Zaretan
(Joshua 3:16), Zererath (Judges 7:22), Zartanah (1 Kings 4:12), or the
following. - ZEREDATHAH a place in the plain of Jordan; the same as Zarthan (2
Chronicles 4:17; 1 Kings 7:46). Here Solomon erected the foundries in
which Hiram made the great castings of bronze for the temple. - ZERERATH (Judges 7:22), perhaps identical with Zereda or Zeredathah.
Some identify it with Zahrah, a place about 3 miles west of Beth-shean. - ZERESH star of Venus, the wife of Haman, whom she instigated to
prepare a gallows for Mordecai (Esther 5:10). - ZERUAH stricken, mother of Jeroboam, the first king of the ten tribes (1
Kings 11:26). - ZERUBBABEL the seed of Babylon, the son of Salathiel or Shealtiel (Hag.
1:1; Zorobabel, Matthew 1:12); called also the son of Pedaiah (1
Chronicles 3:17-19), i.e., according to a frequent usage of the word “son;”
the grandson or the nephew of Salathiel. He is also known by the Persian
name of Sheshbazzar (Ezra 1:8, 11). In the first year of Cyrus, king of
Persia, he led the first band of Jews, numbering 42,360 (Ezra 2:64),
exclusive of a large number of servants, who returned from captivity at the
close of the seventy years. In the second year after the Return, he erected
an altar and laid the foundation of the temple on the ruins of that which
had been destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar (3:8-13; ch. 4-6). All through the
work he occupied a prominent place, inasmuch as he was a descendant of
the royal line of David. - ZERUIAH stricken of the Lord, David’s sister, and the mother of Abishai,
Joab, and Asahel (1 Chronicles 2:16), who were the three leading heroes of
David’s army, and being his nephews, they were admitted to the closest
companionship with him.
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