Zaplion is probably connected with ]'\'tt Ziphion (Gn 10"'), or (more conectlv) ['1:5! Zgphon, with pentilic name Zephonites (><u 26"; LXX ILatpuv, 'Za4>uv(e)l), described as a ' son ' of Gad.
ZARAIAS (Zapafat).— 1. (A ZapUi, A V Zacharias) 1 Es,'-)» = Seraiah, Ezr2«; Azariah, Neh "'. 2. 1 Es 8' (B om.), one of the ancestors of Ezra, called Zerahiah, Ezr 7', and Arna. 2 Es V. 3. 1 Es 8" = Zerahiah, the father of Eliehoenai, Ezr 8*. 4. 1 Es 8" = Zebadiah, son of Michael, Ezr 8'.
ZARAKES (B Zdp(os, A Zapi^i)!, AV Zaraces), 1 Es 1=» (LXX ^). He is there called brother of JoaVim or JehoiaVim, king of Judah, and is said to have been brought up out of Egypt by him. — The name apparently is a corruption, through confusion of T and 1, of Zedel^iah, who was a brother of JehoiaVini, 2 K 24". The verse of 1 Es. is entirely ditlereut from the corresponding passage in 2 Ch 36^^
ZARDEUS (B ZfpaMas, AZapSatas, AV Sardeus), 1 Es 9-'' = Aziza, Ezr lO'-".
ZAREPHATH (nrv ; LXX and NTSdpeirra [A in
1 K 17" i:e09d]).— The Arab, village of Sarafcnd lies on a promontory about eight miles south of Zidon. On the shore in front of it are the scattered remains of what must have been a considerable town, the Zarephath or Sareptaof the Bible. This was possibly also Misrephothmaim of Jos 11* 13' [but see AIisrephoth-maim]. Zarephath origin- ally belonged to Zidon (1 K 17'), but passed into the possession of "fyre after the assistance rendered by tlie fleet of Zidon to Shalmaneser IV. in B.C. 722 in his abortive attempt to capture insular T3Te. In Lk 4^ it is again called a city of Sidon (RV ' in the land of Sidon '). Zarephath is included in the list of to^vn3 captured by Sennacherib when he invaded Phoenicia in B.C. 701. It was the tf wn in ■which Elijah lodged during the years of famine (1 K 17*'"^). In the middle of the present ruins, by the shore, stands a shrine of St. George, occupy- ing the place of the Crusaders' Chapel, wliich was buUt on the traditional site of Elijah's upper room. The rewarded faith of tlie Gentile woman of Sarepta was recalled by Clirist in the synagogue of Nazareth, and the allusion gave deep ofl'ence to His hearers ,'Lk 4-^''). Here may have lived the Syro- Phoenician woman whose faith was greatly commended by Christ, and ■Nvhose daughter was healed by Him (Mt 15""^, Mk 7«»').
G. M. Mackie. ZARETHAN (\rp;i). — When the Jordan was divided, the waters rose up in a heap ' at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan' (Jos 3", LXX om.). One of Solomon's commissariat officers had in his district 'all Bethshean which is beside Zare- than, beneath Jezreel'Cl K 4'', LXX om.). The bronze castings for the temple were made in the Jordan district ' at the ford of Adamah [reading, with Moore, .iDiK(n) m3VD3 for MT '.t nayia (AV and RV ' in the clay ground ')] between Succoth and Zarethan' (1 K 7^'*). In tlie parallel passage
2 Ch 4" the name appears as Zeredah .tii;: (B corruptly ^Avajx^atpSoLdcu [1 = dva fj.(<jov — tp.], A &va, IjAaov ZaSaOi, Luc. ZapiSaSi), which is named in IK ll'-"" (B and Luc. Zapetpi, A ZapiSa) as the birthplace of Jeroboam, and in Jg 7^ [where read .Tjiji Zeredah for rrry^ Zererah ; B Vapayadi, A om., Luc. Kai fill (rmrry/jiivri] in connexion with the flight of the Midianite host.
Zarethan or Zeredah cannot be precisely located, but must be sought in the vicinity of ed-Damiek (the city of Adam of Jos 3"). The proposal (van de Velde, Knobel, et nl.) to identify with l;Crirn. $ar(abeh, the great landmark of the Jordan Valley, must be rejected on phonetic and other grounds (see Dillm. Jos. ad loc. ; Moore, Judges, 212 f. ; Kittel, Kunige, 34 ; Buhl, GAP 181).
J. A. Selbie.
ZATHOES (ZaMs. AV Zathoe), 1 Es 8*", probably stands for Zattu. The name does not appear in the Heb. of the corresponding passage Ezr 8', which sliould be corrected by 1 Es. eo as to run ' Of the sons of Zattu, Shecaniah the son of Jahaziel.'
ZATHUI (B ZoToV, A ZaeBovl), 1 Es 5" = Zattn, Ezr 2«, Neh 7" ; called also Zathoes, 1 Es 8"".
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ZATTU (N'ni). — The name of a family of exiles tliat returned, Ezr 2" (B ZaSoud, A and Luc. ZaeSovd) = Neh 7" (B ZaBovLd, A ZaBBova): several members of this family had married foreign wives, Ezr 10" (B Za$omd, A ZaSovd, Luc. Zaddovd) ; its head sealed the covenant, Neli 10"t"l (B ZaSovid, A Zaffflomd, Luc. ZaOdala^). The name of tliis family has dropped out of the Heb. text of Ezr 8' ; see SHECANIAH, No. 2.
ZAZA (N!!).— A Jerahmeelite, 1 Ch 2» (B 'OfaV, A 'Ofaj-d, hue. ZTjifd). The initial 'O of BA is due to taking the i of IIT niii as part of the name, and not as the particle = ' and.'
ZEALOT.— See Canan.ban.
ZEBADIAH (n.-5i and iT-tjj 'J" hath bestowed' ; cf. the names i;;!"; and 'jn"!?!). — 1. 2. Two Ben- jamites, 1 Ch 8"' (IB 'Afa/SajSid, A 'Afa^aSid, Luc. Za;3aS(d) " (BA Za,8a5id). 3. One of those who joined David at Ziklag, 1 Ch 12' (B Za^SiSid, A ZaBadid). i. One of David's officers, son of Asahel, I Ch 27' (B 'A^Sdas, A Za/SSJas, Luc. Za^Salas). S. An exile who returned with Ezra's second caravan, Ezr 8' {ZajiSud, A Za/35(as, Luc. Za;3oias) ; called in 1 Es 8" Zaraias. 6. A priest, of the sons of Immer, who had married a foreign wife, Ezr 10'-"'(B ZajSoeid, A Za^Sid, Luc. Za,3oids) ; called in 1 Es 9-' Zabdeus. 7. A Korahite, 1 Ch 26^ (B Zaxaplas, A and Luc. ZojSaSias). 8. One of the Levites sent by Jehosha- phat to teach in the cities of Judah, 2 Ch 17' (B ZapSela!, A Za^Sias). 9. An officer of king Jehosha- phat, entrusted with judicial functions, 2 Ch 19" (B Za^Sdas, A Za^Slas, Luc. Zo/SaSaias).