Wilderness of | 14 | | | of Tell Zîf. | | | | =ZIPHRON= |Num. xxxiv. 9 |_Not |-- |Named next to Zedad as | | identified_ | | one of the places on | | | | the limit of the north | | | | boundary line of the | | | | Promised Land. | | | | =ZIZ=, Cliff of |2 Chr. xx. 16 |_Wâdy Hŭsâsah_|14 |Probably = Hazezon (R.V. =ZIZ=, | | | | Tamar; the name The Ascent of) | | | | surviving in the | | | | valley called | | | | Hŭsâsah, near ‘En | | | | Gedi.’--Conder. The | | | | Pass of ‘Ain Jîdy.’-- | | | | Robinson (B. R., i. | | | | 508, 527, 530). | | | | =ZOAN= |Num. xiii. |_San_ |-- |An ancient city of | 22; Ps. | | | Lower Egypt. The ruins | lxxviii. 12, | | | near Lake Menzaleh. | 43; Is. xix. | | | In Judith i. 10 | 11, 13; xxx. | | | Tanis.--(Smith’s | 4; Ezek. | | | _Bible Dictionary_.) | xxx. 14 | | | | | | | =ZOAR (BELA)= |Gen. xiii. |_Tell esh |14 |The original name was | 10; xiv. | Shaghûr_ (?)*| | Bela. Probably the | 2, 8; xix. | | | mound of Tell esh | 22, 24, 30; | | | Shaghûr marks the | Deut. xxxiv. | | | ancient site. It is | 3; Is. xv. | | | on the south side of | 5; Jer. | | | Wâdy Hesbân near the | xlviii. 34 | | | edge of the plain | | | | at the foot of the | | | | hills. Zoar meaning | | | | small, which in Arabic | | | | is Saghîr. Shaghûr | | | | signifies ‘soft soil’ | | | | in Arabic. (Conder’s | | | | _Handbook to the Bible | | | | and Primer_, p. 38; | | | | _Heth & Moab_, p. 150.)