Zereth-shahar (Hastings' Dictionary)
A Renbenit* town, Jos 13'" (B SfpoSd /to! "Leluv, A ^ipO koX 2tiip). Its site has not been identified, although in • ot course his numbers (680,000 men in Asa's army, 1,000,000 In Zerah's) are, as frequently happens, inerediWy large. t .See. however, the criticism of this hyiiothesis of Hommel's in Ed. Konig » Filnf neue arab. LaruUehaftmamen, 1902, pp. 63-67.
978 ZERI ZEEUBBABEL the vicinity of Mkaur (Macbrerus) the hot springs eaSara and the volcanic mountain Hammat es- Sara may contain reminiscences of the ancient iame (Biihl, GAP26S).
This topic also has an entry in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Both articles offer independent scholarly perspectives.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Zereth-shahar
Zereth-shahar ze'-reth-sha'-har (tsereth ha-shachar; Codex Vaticanus Sereda kai Seion, Codex Alexandrinus Sarth kai Sior): A town in the territory of Reuben, "in the mount of the valley," named with Kiriathaim and Sibmah (Jos 13:19). Perhaps in the name Chammat ec-Cara, attaching to the hot springs near Macherus, there may be some echo of the ancient name; but no identification is possible.
References
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- Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
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