| | | | =ZOBA= or |1 Sam. xiv. | |-- |A district which formed =ZOBAH= | 47; 2 Sam. | | | a separate kingdom | viii. 3, 5, | | | in the time of Saul, | 12; x. 6, 8; | | | David and Solomon. | xxiii. 36; | | | Extending north-east | 1 Kings xi. | | | and eastwards of Coele | 23, 24; 1 | | | Syria, towards the | Chr. xviii. | | | Euphrates. (Smith’s | 3, 5, 9; | | | _Bible Dictionary_.) | xix. 6; 2 | | | | Chr. viii. 3 | | | | | | | =ZOHELETH=, The |1 Kings i. 9 |_Zahweileh_ |14 |‘Near the well of Stone | | | | Rogel.’ The cliff | | | | Zahweileh, on which | | | | the present village | | | | stands, opposite | | | | ‘En-rogel.’ (_Mem._ | | | | III. 53; Sh. | | | | XVII.)--Clermont- | | | | Ganneau. | | | | =ZOPHIM=, The |Num. xxiii. 14|_Talʾat es |15 |‘We can have little Field of | | Safa_* | | hesitation in | | | | identifying the | | | | “Field of Zophim” | | | | with the plateau of | | | | arable land, a rich | | | | red field at the top | | | | of “Talʾat es Safa,” | | | | from which the knoll | | | | of limestone called | | | | “Râs Neba” (Mount | | | | Nebo) rises some 50 | | | | feet on the west. | | | | The word, signifying | | | | views, comes from | | | | a root identical | | | | with the Arabic | | | | Safa, “clear” or | | | | shining.’--(_Eastern | | | | Survey, Quarterly