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ZEEB - ZIDON

last kings of Israel before the Babylonian captivity (2 Ki. ZICHRI (remembrance of the Lord). 1 Ch. 9:15.
24:17, 18, 20; 25:2, 7; 1 Ch. 3:15; 2 Ch. 36:10, 11; Je. ZIDDIM (sides, borders). Jos. 19:35.
1:3; 21:1, 3, 7; 24:8; 27:3, 12; 28:1; 29:3; 32:1, 3, 4-5; ZIDKIJAH (justice of the Lord). Ne. 10:1.
34:2, 4, 6, 8, 21; 37:1, 3, 17, 18, 21; 38:5, 14-24;
ZIDON (hunting, fishing). An ancient city mentioned
39:1-7; 44:30; 49:34; 51:59; 52:1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 11). frequently in the Bible; also called “Sidon.” Ge. 10:19;
ZEEB (a wolf). Ju. 7:25. 49:13; Jos. 11:8; 19:28; Ju. 1:31; 10:6; 18:28; 2 Sa.
ZELAH (side, a rib). Jos. 18:28. 24:6; 1 Ki. 17:9; Ezr. 3:7; Is. 23:2, 4, 12; Je. 25:22;
ZELEK (cleaving, fissure). 2 Sa. 23:37. 27:3; 47:4; Eze. 27:8; 28:21-22; Joel 3:4; Ze. 9:2. [See
ZELOPHEHAD (first opening, firstborn). Nu. 26:33. Sidon, Tyre.]
ZELOTES (zealous). Lk. 6:15. Fulfillment of Prophecies concerning Zidon. The
ZELZAH (a shade). 1 Sa. 10:2. following is from The Wonders of Prophecy by John
ZEMARAIM (cold). Jos. 18:22. Urquhart:
ZEMIRA (a song, vine). 1 Ch. 7:8. Zidon still remains, possessing even now about ten
thousand inhabitants, it has its walls, its castle, and its
ZENAN (very fruitful). Jos. 15:37. mounds of ruins, which testify to the city’s ancient
ZENAS (gift of Jove, living). Tit. 3:13. extent and greatness. It is still, in that wretched
ZEPHANIAH (he hid, the Lord has protected). Zep. country, a place of importance and strength. But in
Ezekiel (28:20-23) there is a prediction regarding
1:1. Zidon also:
ZEPHATH (watch tower). Ju. 1:17. “And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son
ZEPHATHAH (watch tower). 2 Ch. 14:10. of man, set thy face toward Zidon, and prophesy
ZEPHI (expectation). 1 Ch. 1:36. against it, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I
ZEPHO (expectation). Ge. 36:11. am against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the
of thee: and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I
ZEPHON (hiding, watchman). Nu. 26:15. shall have executed judgment in her, and shall be
ZER (straitness, tribulation). Jos. 19:35. sanctified in her. For I will send into her pestilence,
ZERAH (the beginning of light). Jos. 36:13. AND BLOOD IN HER STREETS; AND THE WOUNDED
SHALL FALL IN THE MIDST OF HER WITH THE
ZERAHIAH (the Lord has risen). Ezr. 7:4. SWORD UPON HER ON EVERY SIDE.”
ZERED (power spread abroad). De. 2:13. Observe the peculiar judgment of Zidon. Blood will be
ZEREDA (straitness, ambush). 1 Ch. 11:26. sent into her streets; her wounded shall fall in the
ZEREDATHAH (a straitening). 2 Ch. 4:17. midst of her; the sword is to be upon her on every side.
No doom of extinction is pronounced against her. She
ZERERATH (a straitening). Ju. 7:22. is to be spared, but she is to suffer. One or two facts
ZERESH (star of Venus). Es. 5:10. from her long history will show how the words have
ZERETH (straitness). 1 Ch. 4:7. been fulfilled.
ZERI (shape, bringing together). 1 Ch. 25:3. Under the Persian dominion, when Tyre was deserted,
Zidon was still great and populous. It rebelled under
ZEROR (a bundle). 1 Sa. 9:1. Artaxerxes Ochus, and, after a successful resistance,
ZERUAH (leprous, a hornet). 1 Ki. 11:26. was betrayed to the enemy. When all hope of saving
ZERUBBABEL. A governor in post-Babylonian Israel their city was gone, 40,000 citizens chose to die rather
who oversaw the construction of the second temple (1 than submit to Persian vengeance. They shut
themselves up with their wives and children, set fire to
Ch. 3:19; Ezr. 2:2; 3:2, 8; 4:2, 3; 5:2; Ne. 7:7; 12:1, 47; their dwellings, and perished amid the flames. The
Ha. 1:1, 12, 14; 2:2, 4, 21, 23; Ze. 4:6, 7, 9, 10). ashes of the city were sold for an immense sum. It was
ZERUIAH (pain, wounded). 1 Ch. 2:16). soon rebuilt by the citizens who had been absent at the
ZETHAM (chiefest olive tree). 1 Ch. 23:8. time of the siege; but the doom of suffering still rested
ZETHAN (choice olive tree). 1 Ch. 7:10. on it. During the Crusades it was taken several times
and sacked. It was finally retaken from the Crusaders
ZETHAR (very high). Es. 1:10. by Bibars, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, in 1290. But, in
ZIA (commotion). 1 Ch. 5:13. every commotion which has troubled that unhappy
ZIBA (a plant, host). 2 Sa. 9:2. land, Zidon has had her share. It has been the scene of
struggles between the Druses and The Turks, and,
ZIBEON (a garment of many colors). Ge. 36:2. again, between the Turks and the French. So late as
ZIBIA (a roe, a doe). 1 Ch. 8:9. 1840, when Ibrahim Pasha was driven out of Syria, it
ZIBIAH (a roe, deer). 2 Ki. 12:1 was bombarded by the combined fleets of England,
Austria, and Turkey, and captured by Admiral Napier,

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