Zerah
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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An “Ethiopian,” probably Osorkon II., the successor of Shishak on the throne of Egypt. With an enormous army, the largest we read of in Scripture, he invaded the kingdom of Judah in the days of Asa (2 Chr 14:9-15). He reached Zephathah, and there encountered the army of Asa. This is the only instance “in all the annals of Judah of a victorious encounter in the field with a first-class heathen power in full force.” The Egyptian host was utterly routed, and the Hebrews gathered “exceeding much spoil.” Three hundred years elapsed before another Egyptian army, that of Necho (B.C. 609), came up against Jerusalem.
A Gershonite Levite (1 Chr 6:21, 41).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
ze'-ra (zerach, meaning uncertain):
(1) In Gen 38:30; Gen 46:12; Num 26:20; Josh 7:1; Josh 7:18; Josh 7:24; Josh 22:20; 1 Chr 2:4; 1 Chr 2:6; 1 Chr 9:6; Neh 11:24; Matt 1:3, younger twin-son of Judah and Tamar, and an ancestor of Achan. In Num 26:20; Josh 7:17 f he is the head of the Zerahites (also 1 Chr 27:11; 1 Chr 27:13). the King James Version has "Zarah" in Gen 38:30; Gen 46:12, and "Zarhites" for "Zerahites" in Numbers, Joshua and 1 Chronicles. See Curtis (Chronicles, 84 f) for identification of Ezrahite with Zerahite.
(2) Edomites:
(a) an Edomite chief (Gen 36:13; Gen 36:17; 1 Chr 1:37);
(b) father of an Edomite king (Gen 36:33; 1 Chr 1:44).
(3) Levites:
(a) 1 Chr 6:21 (Hebrew verse 6);
(b) 1 Chr 6:41 (Hebrew verse 26).
(4) Head of the Zerahites (Num 26:13, the King James Version "Zarhites"; 1 Chr 4:24). In Num 26:13 = "Zohar" of Gen 46:10; Exod 6:15.
See ZOHAR, (2).
(5) Cushite king (2 Chr 14:9). See the next article
David Francis Roberts
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