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Smith's Bible Dictionary
[Zorah]
Zorites, The
are named in the genealogies of Judah, (1 Chronicles 2:54) apparently among the descendants
of Salma and near connections of Joab.
Zorobabel
(Matthew 1:12,13; Luke 3:27) [Zerubbabel]
Zuar
(littleness), father of Nethaneel the chief of the tribe of Issachar at the time of the exodus.
(Numbers 1:8; 2:5; 7:18,23; 10:15) (B.C. 2491.)
Zuph
a Kohathite Levite, ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel. (1 Samuel 1:1; 1 Chronicles 6:35) In (1
Chronicles 6:26) he is called Zophai.
(honeycomb), The land of, a district at which Saul and his servant arrived after passing through
the possessions of Shalisha, of Shalim and of the Benjamites. (1 Samuel 9:5) only. It evidently
contained the city in which they encountered Samuel, ver. 6, and that again was certainly not far
from the “tomb of Rachel.” It may perhaps be identified with Soba, a well-known place about seven
miles due west of Jerusalem.
Zur
(a rock).
•Father of Cozbi, (Numbers 25:15) and one of the five princes of Midian who were slain by the
Israelites when Balaam fell. (Numbers 31:8) (B.C. 1451.)
•Son of Jehiel, the founder of Gideon. (1 Chronicles 8:30; 9:36), (B.C. after 1445.)
Zuriel
(my rock is God) son of Abihail, and chief of the Merarite Levites at the time of the exodus.
(Numbers 3:35)
Zurishaddai
(my rock is the Almighty), father of Shelumiel, the chief of the tribe of Simeon at the time of
the exodus. (Numbers 1:6; 2:12; 7:36,41; 10:19)
Zuzim, The
An ancient people who, lying in the path of Chedorlaomer and his allies, were attacked and
overthrown by them. (Genesis 14:5) The Zuzim perhaps inhabited the country of the Ammonites,
who were identical with the Zamzummim, who are known to have ben exterminated and succeeded
in their land by the Ammonites [Zamzummim].
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