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zerah

zerah


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Zerah 
  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). 
 
  (3.)  A  Gershonite  Levite  (1  Chr.  6:21,  41). 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Zerah,  same  as  Zarah