ZETHAM
1091
ZIDDIM
husband's name has not been considered worthy of pres- ervation in the sacred records. — Smith.
Ze'tham (Heb. Zetham', DPT, prob. i. q. Zethan [q. v.] ; Sept. Z€3()/t v. r. Zo^o/i, Z/j^av, etc. ; Vulg. Zetham, Zatham), a grandson of Laadan, a (Jershonite Levite (I Chron. xxiii, 8), associated with his father, Jehiel or Jehieli, and his brother Joel, in charge of the Temple treasurj- (xxvi, 22). B.C. 1043.
Ze'than {llch. Zci/lhan', ]r\'^}, olive [Gesen.] or shiiiinfl [Fiirst] ; Sept. Zai^dv v. r. 'H^iiv; Vulg. Ze- than), tifth named of the seven sons of Bilhan, a Beu- jaraite (1 Chron. vii, 10). B.C. prob. 1014.
Ze'thar (Heb. Zethar', "Pf, prob. Persian, either star [Gesen.] or sacrljice [Fiirst]; Sept. 'Aftara^aQ; Vulg. Zethar), sixth named of the seven eunuchs of Ahasuerus who attended upon the king, and were com- manded to bring Vashti into his presence (Esth. i, 10). B.C. 483.
Zi'a (Heb. id. ?'^T, motion [(Jesen. ] or terrified [Fiirst] ; Sept. Zia v. r. Zoiie; Vulg. Zie), sixth named of the seven Gadite chiefs resident in Bashan (1 Chron. V, 13). B.C. prob. 1014.
Zi'ba (Heb. Tsiba', Nn^a [ briefly N^^, 2 Sam. ■sx'x, -^1, lilantation [Fiirst], or statue [Gesen.]; Sept. 2(/3a v. r. "Slijil^d ; Josephus, Si/Bctc ; Vulg. Siba), a per- son who plays a prominent part, though with doubtful credit to himself, in one of the episodes of David's history (2 Sam. ix, 2-12; xvi, 1-4; xix, 17, 29). He had been a slave (133:) of the house of Saul before the overthrow of his kingdom, and (probably at the time of the great Philistine incursion which proved so fatal to his mas- ter's family) had been set free (Jtsephus, Ant. vii, 5, 5). It was of him that David inquired if there was any one left of the house of Saul to whom the monarch might show favor. B.C. 1044. Mephibosheth was in con- sequence found, and having been certified of David's friendship, Ziba was appointed to till the land for the prince, and generally to constitute his household and do him service (2 Sam. ix, 2-10). The opportunities thus afforded him he had so far improved that when first encountered in the history he is head of an estab- lishment of fifteen sons and twenty slaves. David's reception of Mephibosheth had the effect of throw- ing Ziba with his whole establishment back into the state of bondage from which he had so long been free. It reduced him from being an independent landholder to the position of a mere dependent. When David had to fly from .Jerusalem in consequence of the rebell- ion of Absalom, Ziba met the king with a large and ac- ceptable present: " But where is Mephibosheth?" asked the fugitive monarch. " In Jerusalem," was the answer ; '• f<jr he said. To-day shall the house of Israel restore me the kiiAlom of my father." Enraged at this, which looked ITke ingratitude as well as treachery, David there- upon gave to Ziba all the property of Mephibosheth (xvi, 1 sq.). On David's return to his metropolis an explanation took place, when INIephibosheth accused Ziba of having slandered him ; and David, apparently not being perfectly satisfied with the defence, gave his final award, that the land should be divided between the master and his servant (xix, 24 sq.). — Kitto; Smith. B.C. 1023. See Mephibosheth.
Zib'eon (Heb. Tsibon', "jisSS, di/ed [Gesen.] or robber [Fiirst]; Sept. 2E/3«ywv; Vulg. Sebeon), the father of Anah, whose daughter Aholibamah was Esau's wife ( Gen. xxxvi, 2 ). B.C. ante 19G3. Although called a Hivite, he is probably the same as Zibeon the son of Seir the Horite (ver. 20, 24, 29; 1 Chron. i, 38, 40), the latter signifying " cave-dweller" and the former being the name of his tribe, for we know nothing of the race of the Troglodytes; or perhaps "^^riil (the Hivite) is a mistranscription for '^'^Hil (the Horite). See E.sau.
Another difficulty connected with this Zibeon is that
Anah in Gen. xxxvi, 2 is called his daughter, and in ver. 24 his son ; but this difficulty appears to be easily explained by supposing that P3 refers to Aholibamah, and not to the name nexf preceding it. The Samaritan, it should be observed, has "p. An allusion is made to some un- recorded fact in the history of the Horites in the pas- sage ''This [was that] Anah that found the mules in the wilderness as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father" (ver. 24). The word rendered "mules" (q. v.) in the A. V. is the Heb. D'^'2"', yemim, perhaps the Emim, or giants, as in the reading of the Sam. D^53^xn, and so also Oijkelos and i'seudo -Jonathan ; Geseuius prefers " hot-spi^ngs," following the Vulg. rendering. Zibeon was also one of the dukes or i)hylarchs of the Horites (ver. 29). For the idenlilication with Beeri, father of "" Judith the Hittite (xxvi, 34), see Beeki, and also Anah. — Smith.
Zib'ia (Heb. Tsibya', X^S^J, roe; Sept. St/Siav.r. 'lejiid; Vulg. iSebia), a Benjamite, second named of the seven sons of Shaharaim (q. v.) by one of his two wives, Hodesh (1 Chron. viii, 9), B.C. post 1612.
Zib'iah (Heb. Tsihyuh', fTJ2:?, roe; Sept. Sa/3irt V. r. 'A/3(rt ; Vulg. Sebia), a native of Beer-sheba, mother of king Jehoash of Judah (2 Kings xii, 1; 2 Chron. xxiv, 1), and consequently wife (or concubine) of his father, Ahaziah. B.C. 87(5.