Zerah

Sunrise. (1.) An “Ethiopian,” probably Osorkon II., the successor of Shishak on the throne of Egypt. With an enormous army, the largest we read of in Scripture, he invaded the kingdom of Judah in the days of Asa (2 Chr. 14:9-15). He reached Zephathah, and there encountered the army of Asa. This is the only instance “in all the annals of Judah of a victorious encounter in the field with a first-class heathen power in full force.” The Egyptian host was utterly routed, and the Hebrews gathered “exceeding much spoil.” Three hundred years elapsed before another Egyptian army, that of Necho (B.C. 609), came up against Jerusalem. (2.) A son of Tamar (Gen. 38:30); called also Zara (Matt. 1:3). (3.) A Gershonite Levite (1 Chr. 6:21, 41).

(rising (of the sun)).

ZE'RAH (a rising of light). An Ethiopian or Cushite king who with an immense army invaded the kingdom of Judah in the reign of Asa, but was completely routed at Mareshah, in the valley of Zephathah, 2 Chr 14:9; has by some been identified with Uraken I. or II. of the twenty-second dynasty of Egypt. A son of Reuel, and grandson of Esau. Gen 36:13, 2 Sam 21:17, 1 Sam 15:33; 1 Chr 1:37, 1 Chr 1:44. A son of Simeon, Num 26:13; 1 Chr 4:24; called Zohar in Gen 46:10. A Gershonite Levite. 1 Chr 6:21, 1 Chr 6:41.

same as Zarah

ZE'RAH (a rising of light). An Ethiopian or Cushite king who with an immense army invaded the kingdom of Judah in the reign of Asa, but was completely routed at Mareshah, in the valley of Zephathah, 2 Chr 14:9; has by some been identified with Uraken I. or II. of the twenty-second dynasty of Egypt. A son of Reuel, and grandson of Esau. Gen 36:13, 2 Sam 21:17, 1 Sam 15:33; 1 Chr 1:37, 1 Chr 1:44. A son of Simeon, Num 26:13; 1 Chr 4:24; called Zohar in Gen 46:10. A Gershonite Levite. 1 Chr 6:21, 1 Chr 6:41.