The shorter inscription — round the king's neck — con- tains seven lines, as follows :
Q2i:j ... I m I — ira"iwSi"iDsr:'raban-i'^a i.
. . . 'xnrE"'5X . . . •tx":":irc"::3'^r:"b3r3T:2-i":x3 2.
r-:rr,2x . . . ^'2'^s:-::*::3rpn-'5X'Ta:r"3 3.
■cp2 . . . b3.-nrEirx':iX3=-ir| = jii^':532-25n2 4,
. . . ;::bsn-cD-.50"'"."::rnrii-iT:n":b::"i5x 5.
. . . n^an^rix'sxxnn^b^'syiTn-'xiTn'a . . . c.
nsxnn ... r:-:rN=:xD 7.
The thin) inscription we have mentioned was discov- ered a few years ago by consul Moore on another locality near Saida. It is found on a block si.\ty-nine centi- metres in height, thirty-eight in length, which evidently was once used for building purposes. It is now in the possession of count de Vogue. The iiiscriptiou reads as follows :
I 1 1 n-ja
nnin
mri'rb-ib . . .
The fragmentari- nature of this inscription allows of lit- . tie certainty in its deciphering, save with respect to a few proper names. See PurESiciA.
Zidon'ian (Heb. sing. TsidonV, '^3^1£, Ezek. xxxii, 30; plur. Tddonim', C"^?!-'^, D-'JIT^^ [the full form], or C"'3t:J [Ezra iii, 7, " they of Zidon" ) ; and [1 Kings xi, 5, 33] Tmlonin', "j^Jl^^I ; Sept. I'laii'iot [exce|it Ezek. xicxii, 30, aTpanj-yoi 'Afffforo]: Vulg. Siilonii [except ver. oi),reimtori's'\; A. Y. '" Sidiuiians, 2 Kings xxiii, 13), the inhabitants of Zidon. They were among the nations of Canaan left to practice the Israelites in the art of war (Jiidg. iii, 3), and colonies of them ap- pear to have spread up into the hill country from Leba- non to Misrephoth-maim (Josh, xiii, 4. G ), whence in later times they hewed cedar-trees for David and Solo- mon (1 Chron. xxii, 4). They oppres.sed the Israelites Qii their first entrance into the country (Jndg. x, 12), and appear to have lived a luxurious, reckless life (xviii, 7) ; they were skilful in hewing timber (I Kings v, (J), and were employed for tliis |)ur()ose by Solomon. They were idolaters, and worshipped Ashtoroth as their tiite- larv goddess (xi. 5, ;)3 ; 2 Kings xxiii, 13j, as well as the sun-god Baal, from whom their king was named (\ Kings xvi, 31 ). The term Zidonian among the He- brews appears to have been extended in meaning as
that of Phnenician among the (Jreeks. Zidonian wom- en (7'.«'</<'H/y()//(', ri'Ilit ; Sept. iLi'ipai ; Yulg. <S'i(/oHJ(r) were in Solomon's harem (xi, 1). — Smith. See ZiuoN.
Ziegelbauer, M.vtiso.vti), a Koman Catholic the- ologian of (iermany, was born in 10% at Elwangen, Suabia. In 1707 he entered the brotherhood of the Benedictine friars, and tauglit pliilo.sophy and theology at the convent of Zwiefalten and that of IJciclienau, .M'ter having resided for a time near the learned [)riest Bessel of (Hittenich, who had been appointed to instruct the young friars, he passed many years at Vieinia, and i at Braunau and I'rague, in Bohemia, and assisted in I reorganizing the academic college at the last-named I place. In 1747 he went to occupy the positioTi of sec- retary of the Academy of the I'nknown at Olmiitz. Mere he prepared a book in which he wished to call the attention of the pope to numerous abuses introduced among the clergy of these countries. Those interested in suiipressing the publication of this work administered to him a poison powder by a physician. He died June 4, 1750, at Olmiltz. We have from Ziegelbauer, llis- torische Nachricht von dcr .S'. Georgenjhhw. (Vienna, 1735) : — Acta S. Stephani Protomartijris (ibid. 173G), in German : — Novus Uci Litterariic Urd. S. lienedirti Con- spectus (Hatisbon, 1739), a prospectus of a large and ex- cellent collection which was puWished by Legipont after his death under the title Ilistorid Rti Litter. Ord. S. Benedicti (Augsburg, 1754) : — Epitome Historica Mona- steni Brennouiensis prope Pragam (Cologne, 1740) : — Sponsidia Viryinis (Kiinigshofen, 1740): — llutoria Di- ddclira de Crucis Cultu in Ord. S. Benedicti (Vienna, 174G) : — CentifoUum Camaldulense (ibid. 1750), which is a prospectus of the historical library of the Camaldules. Ziegelbauer left in manuscript several works, such as Oloinucium Sacrum and BUdiotheca Bohemica. See Hoefer, Xoui: Biog, Generale, s. v.
Zif (Heb. Ziv, IT, bloom; Sept. Ztoi» v. r. 'Htiati), Vulg. Zio). the early name (1 Kings vi, 1, 37) of the second Hebrew month IvAit (q. v.), corresponding to April or ;\Iay, See Calexdaij.
Zi'lia (Heb. Tsicha', xn-':i, parched; Sept. 'S.iad v. r. S)j«, Soiian, Sod^kJ, etc. ; Vulg. Siha, Soka, Soa- /lu), the name of two Hebrews.
1. One of the Nethinim whose "children" returned from Babvlon with Zerubbabel (Ezra ii, 43; Neh. vii, 4G). B.C. ante 53G.
2. First named of the two chief Nethinim resident in Ophel after the Captivity (Neh. xi, 21). B.C. 536.
Ziim. See Tsivijt,
Zik'lag (Heb. 7',s/Wf/-;', 3bp:i [in pause 5^p:j, fully Tsikxla;/', S^p"'^, 1 Chron. xii,'l, 20], windintj [Fiirst]; Sept. Sf»f£\rt/c or SiK-fXay v. r. liKtXa, etc. ; Josephus, S((C£\Xa, Ant. vi, 13, 10; 14, G; Steph. Byz. 2t«A«; Vulg. Sicele'i), a place which possesses a special interest from its having been the residence and the private prop- erty of David. It is first mentioned in the catalogue of the towns of Judah in Josh, xv, where it is enumer- ated (ver. 31) among those of the extreme south, be- tween Hormali (or Zephath) and INIadmannah (possibly Beth-marcabotii). It next occurs, in the same connec- tion, among the places which were allotted out of the territory of Jndali to Simeon (xix, 5). We next en- counter it in the possession of the Philistines (1 Sam. xxvii, G), when it was, at David's request, bestowed upon him by Achish king of (lath. He resided there for a year aixl four months (ver. 7; xxxi, 14, 26; 1 Chron. xii, 1, 20; Josephus [/!»«/. vi, 13, 10] gives this as one month and twenty days). It was there he re- ceived the news of Saul's death (2 Sam. i, 1; iv, 10). He then relinquished it for Hebron (ii, 1). Ziklag is tinally mentioned, in company with Beer-sheba. Hazar- sliual, and other towns of the south, as being reinhab- ited by the people of Judah after their return from the Captivity (Neh. xi, 28).