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in the division of Canaan, he could not have described the portions of the tribes more exactly. He had said, "Zebulon shall dwell at the haven of the sea, and he shall be for a haven of ships." When this tribe came out of Egypt it had 57,400 fighting men. In another review 39 years after, this tribe amounted to 60,500 fighting men. This tribe and Naphtali distinguished themselves in the war of Deborah and Barak, against Sisera. It is supposed that they were the first carried into captivity, beyond the Euphrates by Pul and Tiglath-pileser, kings of Assyria. These tribes had the privilege of seeing and hearing Jesus Christ more frequently than any other portion of Israel.

ZEĎAD, a city of Syria, situate to the north of the land of Promise, Numb. xxxiv, 8; Ezek. xlvii, 15.

ZELAH, a city of the tribe of Benjamin, Josh. xvii, 28, where Saul was buried, in the tomb of his father Kish, 2 Sam. xxi, 14.

ZEMARAIM, a city of Benjamin, near Bethel, Josh. xviii, 22. This also is the name given to the mount Shemer, 2 Chr. xiii, 14. The Zemaraites were descended from the tenth son of Canaan, who is thought to have inhabited Simyra, a city of Phoenicia, near Orthosia.

ZEMARAIM, a mountain near the above city, at the foot of which half a million troops of Jeroboam were slain by the army of Abijah, Josh. xviii, 22; 2 Chr. xiii, 4.

ZEPHATH, a city of the tribe of Simeon, Judges i, 17. It is probably the same with Zephathah; and was called Hormah, or Anathema, after the victory obtained by the Israelites, over the king of Arad, Numb. xxi, 3; Judges i, 17.

ZEPHATHA. The valley of Zephathah, near Maresha, is mentioned in 2 Chr. xiv, 10.

ZEREDA, a city of the tribe of Ephraim, the place of the nativity of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, 1 Kings xi, 26.

ZEREDATHAH, otherwise called Zathan, a city of the tribe of Ephraim.

ZIA, ZIHA, ZIE, SIHA, or SIAHA, a city of Canaan, east of the Jordan, and five miles west from Philadelphia.

ZIA, a part of Jerusalem, where those lived, who did service in the temple.

ZIDDIM, a city of Canaan. in the tribe of Naphtali.

ZIDON. See Sidon. ZIGLAG, or ZIKLAY, a city which Achish, king of Gath, gave to David, while he took shelter in the land of the Philistines; and which after that always remained as a domain to the kings of Judah, 1 Sam. xxvii, 6. The Amale

kites took and plundered it in the absence of David. Joshua had allotted it to the tribe of Simeon, Josh. xix, 5. It was situate in the extreme parts of the tribe of Judah southward. ZIN, or SIN, a city to the south of the land of Promise, Numb. xxxiv, 4. Perhaps this may be the same with Senah, Ezra ii, 35, or Zin, Josh. xv, 3. This name seems also to be applied to a part, or to the whole of the desert of Paran. ZION, a mountain upon which the temple of the Lord was built, in Jerusalem, by Solomon, and where David built the city of David, over against, and to the north of the ancient Jebus, Ps. xlviii, 2, or Jerusalem, which stood upon the hill opposite to Zion. The scripture generally puts mount Zion for the place, where the temple of the Lord stood; but strictly it was rather upon mount Moriah, which was one of the hills of which mount Zion was composed. Mr. Reland pretends, that mount Zion was to the south of Jerusalem, and not to the north. The reader may consult his reasons. See Moriah. A part of Zion, situated on its extremity, was called Millo, of, or in, the city of David, 2 Chr. xxxii, 5. Modern travellers, who have been upon the spot, say, that

Zion is the whole of the mountain, on which Jerusalem stands at this day, though not to the extent in which it anciently stood on the same mountain, this appears Psalms ix, 12, 15; lxv, 1; lxxxvii; Isai. xii, 1. It is swelled in several eminences or tops; as Moriah, Acra, Bezetha, and Zion, a particular eminence, or mount Zion proper, &c. encompassed on three sides, east, west, and south, with one continued, very deep, and steep valley, by. means of which it was impreg nable on these three sides, and always attacked, and taken, according to Josephus, by the enemy on the north side, where mount Zion becomes level, and the vales of Gihon and Jehoshaphat, gradually lose themselves. This deep, and steep valley, incontestibly constitutes the compass of the old Jerusalem on those three sides, as plainly appears to any person, who has been upon the spot.

ZIOR, or SIOR, a city of Judea, of the tribe of Judah, Josh. xv, 54.

ZIPH, a city of the tribe of Judah, Josh. xv, 24. St. Jerome says, that even in his time they shewed the village of Ziph, eight miles from Hebron.

ZIPH. It appears that there was still another city called

Ziph, near Maon and Carmel of Judah, Josh. xv, 55.

ZIPH, wilderness of, a desert in the tribe of Judah, on the border of Edom, where David was a fugitive, lying to the south-east of Hebron; so called from Ziph, or Siph, a two-fold town in this tribe, the one more to the south, towards Idumea, on the confines of Eleutheropolis, the other eight miles to the east of Hebron, towards the Dead sea, inclining southwards, because, near mount Carmel. Here was a mountain, mentioned 1 Sam. xxiii, 14, in which David abode, said by Jerome to be rugged, dismal, and always overcast. The name of the mountain is from the Hebrew word Zephath, which signifies pitch, an article in which this region abounded. Kimpton.

ZIPHRON, a city north of the Land of Promise, Numb. xxxiv, 9. St. Jerome says, that it is Zephirium in Cilicia. ZIZ. It is thought this is the same with Ziza, which Ptolemy places in Arabia Petrea.

ZOAN, the most ancient royal city of Egypt, where resided the court of the Pharaolis. Several of the miracles wrought by Moses, are said to have been exhibited in the fields of Zoan. By the Greeks this city was called Tanis, from

which circumstance we are able to ascertain its situation, for Tanis was on the second mouth of the Nile, east, of course, and not far from the Red Sea. This branch of the river, from the name of this city, was called the Tanitie mouth, or the mouth by Tanis. See Tanis.

ZOAR, a city of Pentapolis, lying on the southern extremity of the Dead sea. It was intended to be consumed by fire from heaven, together with the other cities, but at the intercession of Lot, it was preserved, Gen. xix, 22. It had been called Bela, but when Lot entreated of the angel, that he might take refuge there, and often insisted on the smallness of the place, it received the name of Zoar, which in Hebrew signifies small or little. St. Jerome, however, supposes the place was called Bela, because as soon as Lot left it, it was swallowed up by an earthquake; Bela signifies to swallow up.

ZOBAH, a kingdom of Sy ria, not far from Damascus. Rehob and Hadezer were kings of this country, 2 Sani. viii.

ZOHELETH. The stone of Zoheleth was near the fountain Royel or En-regel, just under the walls of Jerusalem, 1 Kings i, 9. Some think it was useful to the fullers, or

whitsters, to beat their cloths upon, after they had washed them. When Adonijah exalted himself saying, I will be king, he slew sheep, and oxen, and fat cattle, by the stone of Zoheleth.

ZORAH, a city of Judah, which was built, or fortified by Rehoboam, 2 Chr. xi, 10.

ZORAH, a city belonging to the tribe of Dan, and the birth place of Samson, Judges xiii, 2. It was upon the frontier of this tribe, and that of Judah, not far from Esthael.

ZUZIMS, certain giants, who dwelt beyond Jordan, and

who were conquered by Ham, by Chedorlaomer and his allies, in the year of the world 2079, Gen. xiv, 5. The Vulgate and Septuagint say, they were conquered with the Rephaims in Ashteroth-karnaim. The Chaldee interpreters, have taken Zuzim in the sense of an appellative, for stout and valiant men; and the Septuagint have rendered the word Zuzim robust nations. We meet with the word Zuzims only in this place. Calmet is of opinion, that the Zuzims, are the same with the Zamzummims. See Rephaims.

THE END.

ERRATA ET ADDENDA.

In the article Damascus, for Judela, read Tudela. In the article Paradise, for America read Armenia.

Greek, and this stream is large and rapid, especially, at the season, when the snows of the mountains dissolve. The noise of its waters

ARBATTIS, a town of Palestine is terrific, boats are dashed in pieces near to Galilee.

ARBELA, a town of Galilee. ARCA, a city in the tribe of Asher.

ARCE, the capital of Arabia Petrea.

ARAXES, a celebrated river of Asia, supposed to have its source in mount Ararat, and by some thought to be the Gihon, mentioned in Genesis as one of the rivers of Paradise. In Hebrew, Gihon signifies impetuous, or to flow with impetuosity, so does Araxes in

by its fury, and its violence disdains a bridge. See Gihon.

ARBA. See Hebron.

ARCHELAIS, a city of Judea, built by Archelaus, son of Herod the Great: it is supposed to have stood on the plain to the west of Jordan. Lat. 31, 54.

ARCHI, a city of Palestine on the east of Jordan, in the tribe of Manasseh.

ARETH, or HARETH, a forest of Judea, in which David concealed himself from Saul.

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George Blake, Springfield
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Moses Bricket, Newbury
Mrs. Mary Burroughs, Boston.
Rev. Ch. Burroughs, Portsmouth
Hon. S. Betton, Esq. Salem, Me.
Andrew Brimmer, Boston, 2 copies
John L. Blake, student in Divinity,
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Eben. Burgess, Tutor Brown University, Providence

Rufus Brown, Bristol, N. Y.
DEA. JOSHUA CHAPLAIN, Rowley
Capt. William Colman, Byficid
Wm. Church, Providence, R. I.
Samuel Currie, do.

Samuel Carlisle, do.
Amos Clark, Dedham

Rev. John Codman, Dorchester
Oliver T. Cathcart, Goshen
Rev. Thomas Crafts, Middleboro'
Parker Cleaveland, Esq. Byfield
Nehemiah Cleveland, Esq.Topsfield
Moses Colman, Byfield
Mary Coombs, Newburyport
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Thaddeus Chapin, Canandaigua, N.Y.
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