Zelah in the Bible

Meaning: rib; side; halting

Exact Match

Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath -- a total of fourteen cities and their towns. This was the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History OfFourteen

And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.

Verse ConceptsAnother's Burial PlaceGod Answered Prayer

Thematic Bible



And Zela, Eleph and the Jebusite (which is Jerusalem), Gibeath and Kiriath; fourteen towns with their unwalled places. This is the heritage of the children of Benjamin by their families.

And they put them with the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the resting-place of Kish, his father, in Zela in the country of Benjamin; they did all the king had given them orders to do. And after that, God gave ear to their prayers for the land.


References

Easton

Fausets

Morish

Smith

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain