Bible Encyclopedia: Zelah

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ZELA, ZELAH

ze'-la (tsela` (2 Samuel 21:14)): A city in the territory of Benjamin (Joshua 18:28; the Septuagint here omits). Here was the burying-place of the family of Saul, whither the bones of the king and of Jonathan were brought for burial (2 Samuel 21:14; the Septuagint here reads en te pleura, translating tsela`, "side"). The place is not identified. It may be the Zilu of the Tell el-Amarna Letters.

Strong's Hebrew

6762. Tsela -- a place in Benjamin
... Definition: Zela. Word Origin from the same as tsela Definition a place in
Benjamin NASB Word Usage Zela (1), Zelah (1). Zelah. The same ...
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Library

Appendices
... are destroyed. Behold, Turbazu has been slain in the gate of the city of
Zilu (Zelah), and the king does nothing. Behold, Zimrida ...
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Zelah

rib; side; halting

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Zelah

(a rib), a city in the allotment of Benjamin, (Joshua 18:28) contained the family tomb of Kish, the father of Saul. (2 Samuel 21:14) [Perhaps the same as ZELZAH]

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Slope; side, a town in Benjamin, where Saul and his son Jonathan were buried (2 Samuel 21:14). It was probably Saul's birthplace.

Thesaurus

Zelah (2 Occurrences)
... ZELA, ZELAH. ze'-la (tsela` (2 Samuel 21:14)): A city in the territory of Benjamin
(Joshua 18:28; the Septuagint here omits). ...Zelah (2 Occurrences). ...
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Zela (2 Occurrences)
... ZELA, ZELAH. ... Zela (2 Occurrences). Joshua 18:28 Zelah, Eleph, the Jebusite (the same
is Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. ...
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Eleph (1 Occurrence)
... Jerusalem (Joshua 18:28). The name is omitted by Septuagint, unless, indeed,
it is combined with that of Zelah. It may be identical ...
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Zelek (2 Occurrences)

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Kiriath (34 Occurrences)
... (WEB JPS ASV BBE NAS NIV). Joshua 18:28 Zelah, Eleph, the Jebusite (the same is
Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. ...
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Kirjath (1 Occurrence)
... Kirjath (1 Occurrence). Joshua 18:28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem,
Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. ...
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Kish (18 Occurrences)
... All that is recorded of him is that he sent his son Saul in search of his
asses that had strayed, and that he was buried in Zelah. ...
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Jebusi (2 Occurrences)
... Joshua 18:28 Zelah, Eleph, the Jebusite (the same is Jerusalem), Gibeath,
and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This ...
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Jonathan (109 Occurrences)
... of Gilboa (1 Samuel 31:2, 8). He was first buried at Jabesh-gilead, but his remains
were afterwards removed with those of his father to Zelah, in Benjamin (2 ...
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Gibeath (2 Occurrences)
... (BBE JPS NAS RSV NIV). Joshua 18:28 Zelah, Eleph, the Jebusite (the same is Jerusalem),
Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. ...
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Bible Concordance

Zelah (2 Occurrences)

Joshua 18:28 Zelah, Eleph, the Jebusite (the same is Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

2 Samuel 21:14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Subtopics

Zelah

Zelah: Saul Buried In

Related Terms

Zela (2 Occurrences)

Eleph (1 Occurrence)

Zelek (2 Occurrences)

Kiriath (34 Occurrences)

Kirjath (1 Occurrence)

Kish (18 Occurrences)

Jebusi (2 Occurrences)

Jonathan (109 Occurrences)