Reference: Zanoah
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The name of two towns in Judah, Jos 15:34,56. The inhabitants of one of them aided in rebuilding Jerusalem, Ne 3:13; 11:30.
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Easton
marsh. (1.) A town in the low country or shephelah of Judah, near Zorah (Jos 15:34). It was re-occupied after the return from the Captivity (Ne 11:30). Zanu'ah in Wady Ismail, 10 miles west of Jerusalem, occupies probably the same site.
(2.) A town in the hill country of Judah, some 10 miles to the south-west of Hebron (Jos 15:56).
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Fausets
1. A town in the low hall country (shephelah) of Judah (Jos 15:34; Ne 11:30; repairers of the wall, Ne 3:13). Zanua in Jerome's Onomasticon as in the district of Eleutheropolis on the way to Jerusalem. In Van de Velde's map N. of the wady Ismail, two miles E. of Zareah and four N. of Yarmuk. Jekuthiel father or founder of Zanoah, was son of Jehudijah the Jewess and Mered; Mered's other wife being Bithiah, Pharaoh's daughter. (See BITHIAH.) Israelites from Egypt probably colonized Zanoah.
2. Za nutah is probably identical with another Zanoah; a town in the mountain region of Judah (Jos 15:56), enumerated with Maon, Carmel, and Ziph S. of Hebron.
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Morish
Zano'ah
1. City in Judah. Jos 15:34; Ne 3:13; 11:30. Identified with ruins at Zanua, 31 43' N, 35 E.
2. City in the highlands of Judah. Jos 15:56. Identified with ruins at Zanuta, 31 22' N, 34 59' E.
3. Son of Jekuthiel. 1Ch 4:18. The Rabbis interpret "Jekuthiel was chief of Zanoach," referring to No. 2.
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Smith
Zano'ah
(marsh).
1. A town of Judah in the Shefelah or plain,
possibly identical with Zanu'a.
2. A town of Judah in the highland district,
not improbably identical with Sanute, about 10 miles south of Hebron.
3. In the genealogical lists of the tribe of Judah in 1 Chron., Jekuthiel is said to have been the father of Zanoah. ch.
As Zanoah is the name of a town of Judah, this mention of Bithiah probably points to some colonization of the place by Egyptians or by Israelites directly from Egypt.