Zerah

About Zerah Written by AI

Zerah was a king of Edom, mentioned in the lists of Edomite kings in Genesis 36 and 1Chronicles 1. He was from the city of Bozrah, an important Edomite center. The list of kings in which Zerah appears is chronologically placed before the time of Israel's monarchy, indicating that he ruled during the period of the judges. The Edomites were the descendants of Esau who settled in the region of Seir.

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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897

This entry is on the name Zerah, and may cover more than one person or place by that name.

Sunrise. (1.) 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.

(2.) A son of Tamar (Gen. 38:30); called also Zara (Matt. 1:3).

M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.