Zedad standard
15 as on the ideal northern boundary of Israel. The uncertainty of the reading has led to two different identifications being proposed.
Where is Zedad in the Bible?
Zedad is a place mentioned in the Bible as part of the northern boundary of the Promised Land, appearing in both Numbers 34:8 and Ezekiel 47:15. Located in the region north of ancient Israel, it marked the ideal northern frontier that God established for His people. The exact modern location remains uncertain among scholars, with proposed identifications in the area west of the Jordan River's Hasbany branch in what is today Lebanon. Zedad's primary biblical significance is its role in defining the divinely ordained territorial limits of Israel during the wilderness period and in Ezekiel's vision of a restored Israel.
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ISBE 1915 (Public Domain)15 as on the ideal northern boundary of Israel. The uncertainty of the reading has led to two different identifications being proposed. The form "Zerad" was accepted by yon Kasteren, and his identification was Khirbet Serada in the Merj `Ayun, West of the Hasbany branch of the Jordan and North of `Abil. This identification, however, would compel us to draw the ideal boundary along the Qasmiyeh valley and thence eastward to Hermon, and that is much too far South If with Dillmann, Wetzstein, Muehlau and others we read "Zedad," then it is clearly identical with Sadad, a village on the road between Ribleh and Qaryetain. It has been objected that Sadad is too far to the East; but here, as in the tribal boundaries also, the references are rather to the district or lands possessed than to their central town or village.
W. M. Christie
zed-e-ki'-as: 1 Esdras 1:46 the King James Version = the Revised Version (British and American) "Sedekias."
zed-e-ki'-a (tsidhqiyahu, tsidhqiyah, "Yah my righteousnes