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Zereth-Shahar

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(zee' rehth-sshay' hahr) Place name meaning, “splendor of the dawn.” The city located “on the hill of the [Dead Sea] valley” was allotted to Reuben (Joshua 13:19 ). The site is perhaps modern Zarat near Machaerus on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. Others suggest khirbet el-Libb seven miles south of Medeba or khirbet qurn el-Kibsh six miles northwest of Medeba.

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Zereth-Shahar'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hbd/​z/zereth-shahar.html. 1991.
 
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