Zarethan standard
bbok. In 1Ki 4:12 it is mentioned in connefection with Bethshean and said to be "beneath Jezreel." In 1Ki 7:46, this is said to be at "the ford of Adamah," according to the reading of some, but according to the Massoreti…
Where is Zarethan in the Bible?
Zarethan was a settlement in ancient Israel located near the Jordan River and the town of Adam, in the region between Bethshean and Jezreel. The Bible mentions Zarethan in connection with Israel's crossing of the Jordan River during the conquest of Canaan, as waters miraculously stopped flowing at nearby Adam to allow the people to cross (Joshua 3:16). Zarethan is also famous as the location where Solomon's craftsmen cast the bronze implements and furnishings for the Temple, working in the clay grounds between Succoth and Zarethan (1 Kings 7:46). The site appears in several biblical books including Joshua, Judges, and 1 Kings, marking it as an important location for both Israel's early history and the construction of Solomon's Temple.
In Scripture2 biblical books; 1 with study content
- Joshua
- Judges
Zarethan
ISBE 1915 (Public Domain)bbok. In 1Ki 4:12 it is mentioned in connefection with Bethshean and said to be "beneath Jezreel." In 1Ki 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 2Ch 4:17, the name appears as Zeredah, which in 1Ki 11:26 is said to have been the birthplace of Jeroboam, son of Nebat. In Jud 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
za'-reth-sha'-har (tsereth ha-shachar).
See ZERETH-SHAHAR.
zar'-hits.
See ZERAH, (1), (4).
zar-ta'-na, zar'-