BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2120
zo.che.let — Serpent's
Zoheleth = "serpent" a boundary stone near Jerusalem where Adonijah slew sheep and oxen Another name of en ro.gel (עֵין רֹגֵל "En-rogel" H5883)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →The serpent-stone, a rocky plateau near the centre of the village of Siloam, and near the fountain of En-rogel, to which the women of the village resort for water (1 Kings 1:5-9). Here Adonijah (q.v.) feasted all the royal princess except Solomon and the men who took part with him in his effort to succeed to the throne. While they were assembled here Solomon was proclaimed king, through the intervention of Nathan. On hearing this, adonijah fled and took refuge in the sanctuary (1 Kings 1:49-53). He was afterwards pardoned. Zoheleth projects into or slightly over-hangs the Kidron valley. It is now called ez-Zehwell or Zahweileh.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
