Zarethan

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Zarethan: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
Zeredah: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
Zererah: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV

a town of Gad, about 6 km north of Adam & 7 km south of Succoth
a town of Manasseh perhaps a few km south of Beth-Shan
a town of Gad on the Jordan east bank about 7 km south of Succoth
a town of Ephraim 19 km NW of Bethel & 17 km ESE of Aphek
a town of Manasseh near (perhaps a few km south of) Beth-Shan

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ambush; change of dominion

Google Maps: Zarethan (32° 16´, 35° 34´); Zeredah (1) (32° 13´, 35° 16´); Zeredah (2) (32° 16´, 35° 34´); Zererah (32° 16´, 35° 34´)

Hebrew

Strongs #06891: Ntru Tsar@than

Zarthan or Zaretan = "their distress"

1) a place in the Jordan valley where the river parted for Israel
to pass over for the conquest of Canaan
1a) site unknown

6891 Tsarthan tsaw-reth-awn'

perhaps for 6868; Tsarethan, a place in Palestine:-Zarthan.
see HEBREW for 06868

Strongs #06868: hdru Ts@redah or htdru Ts@redathah

Zereda or Zeredathah = "fortress"

1) a town or territory in Manasseh and the home of Jeroboam

6868 Tsredah tser-ay-daw'

or Tsredathah {tser-ay-daw'-thaw}; apparently from an unused
root meaning to pierce; puncture; Tseredah, a place in
Palestine:-Zereda, Zeredathah.

Strongs #06888: hrru Ts@rerah

Zererath = "oppression"

1) a town or territory in Manasseh and the home of Jeroboam
1a) same as 06868

6888 Tsrerah tser-ay-raw'

apparently by erroneous transcription for 6868; Tsererah for
Tseredah:-Zererath.
see HEBREW for 06868

Zererath [EBD]

(Judg. 7:22), perhaps identical with Zereda or Zeredathah. Some identify it with Zahrah, a place about 3 miles west of Beth-shean.

Zarethan [NAVE]

ZARETHAN
See: Zaretan.

Zeredah [NAVE]

ZEREDAH
See: Zereda.

Zererah [NAVE]

ZERERAH
See: Zererath.

Zererath [NAVE]

ZERERATH, a district of uncertain location, Judg. 7:22.

ZERERATH [SMITH]

[ZARETAN, OR ZARTHAN, ZARTHAN]

ZARETHAN [ISBE]

ZARETHAN - zar'-e-than (tsarethan) : A city, according to Josh 3:16 (omitted, however, by the Septuagint) near Adam, which is probably to be identified with Tell Damieh at the mouth of the Jabbok. In 1 Ki 4:12 it is mentioned in connefection with Bethshean and said to be "beneath Jezreel." In 1 Ki 7:46, this is said to be at "the ford of Adamah," according to the reading of some, but according to the Massoretic text, "in the clay around between Succoth and Zarethan," where the bronze castings for the temple were made by Solomon's artificers. In 2 Ch 4:17, the name appears as Zeredah, which in 1 Ki 11:26 is said to have been the birthplace of Jeroboam, son of Nebat. In Jdg 7:22, Gibeon is said to have pursued the Midianites "as far as Bethshittah toward Zererah," which is probably a misreading for Zeredah, arising from the similarity of the Hebrew letters daleth and resh. The place has not been positively identical. From the suggestion that the name means "the great (or lofty) rock," it has without sufficient reason been supposed that it designates the conspicuous peak of Kurn Surtabheh] which projects from the mountains of Ephraim into the valley of the Jordan opposite the mouth of the Jabbok.

George Frederick Wright

ZEREDAH; ZEREDATH; ZEREDATHA; ZERERAH; ZERERATH [ISBE]

ZEREDAH; ZEREDATH; ZEREDATHA; ZERERAH; ZERERATH - zer'-e-da, zer'-e-dath, zer-e-da'-tha, zer'-e-ra, zer'-e-rath.

See ZARETHAN.