Zilpah
(a trickling), a Syrian given by Laban to his daughter Leah as an attendant, (Genesis 29:24) and
by Leah to Jacob as a concubine. She was the mother of Gad and Asher. (Genesis 30:9-13; 35:26;
37:2; 46:18) (B.C. 1753.)
Zilthai
(shady).
•A Benjamite, of the sons of Shimhi. (1 Chronicles 8:20)
•One of the captains of thousands of Manasseh who deserted to David at Ziklag. (1 Chronicles
12:20) (B.C. 1054.)
Zimmah
(purpose).
•A Gershonite Levite, son of Jahath. (1 Chronicles 6:20) (B.C. after 1706.)
•Another Gershonite, son of Shimei, (1 Chronicles 6:42) possibly the same as the preceding.
•Father of ancestor of Joab, a Gershonite in the reign of Hezekiah. (2 Chronicles 29:12) (B.C.
before 726.) At a much earlier period we find the same collocation of names, Zimmah and Joah
as father and son. (1 Chronicles 6:20)
Zimran
(celebrated), the eldest son of Keturah. (Genesis 25:2; 1 Chronicles 1:32) His descendants are
not mentioned, nor is any hint given that he was the founder of a tribe. (B.C. 1855.)
Zimri
The son of Salu, a Simeonite chieftain, slain by Phinehas with the Midianitish princess Cozbi.
(Numbers 25:14). (B.C. 1450.)
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•Fifth sovereign of the separate kingdom of Israel, of which he occupied the throne for the brief
period of seven days, B.C. 930 or 929. Originally in command of half the chariots in the royal
army, he gained the crown by the murder of King Elah; son of Baasha. But the army made their
general, Omri, king, who marched against Tirzah, where Zimri was. Zimri retreated into the
innermost part of the late king’s palace, set it on fire, and perished in the ruins. (1 Kings 16:9-20)
•One of the five sons of Zerah the son of Judah. (1 Chronicles 2:6) (B.C. after 1706.)
•Son of Jehoadah and descendant of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:36; 9:42)
•An obscure name, mentioned (Jeremiah 25:25) in probable connection with Dedan, Tema, Buz,
Arabia, the “mingled people.” Nothing further is known respecting Zimri, but the name may
possibly be the same as, or derived from, Zimran, which see.
Zin
(flat), the name given to a portion of the desert tract between the Dead Sea, Ghor, and Arabah
on the east, and the general plateau of the Tih which stretches westward. The country in question
consists of two or three successive terraces of mountain converging to an acute single at the Dead
Sea’s southern verge, toward which also they slope. Kadesh lay in it, and here also Idumea was
conterminous with Judah; since Kadesh was a city in the border of Edom. [See Kadesh,
Kadeshbarnea]. (Numbers 13:21; 20:1; 27:14; 33:36; 34:3; Joshua 15:1)
Zina
(abundance); Zizah, the second son of Shimei the Gershonite. (1 Chronicles 23:10) comp. 1Chr
23:11
Zion
[Jerusalem]