Zelah, Judea
Encyclopedia
Zelah was a place in the territory of the Tribe of Benjamin
, ancient Judea, known as the burial place of King Saul
, his father Kish and his son Jonathan. Saul and Jonathan
died during the Battle of Gilboa.
Tribe of Benjamin
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Benjamin בִּנְיָמִין was one of the Tribes of Israel.From after the conquest of the land by Joshua until the formation of the first Kingdom of Israel in c. 1050 BCE, the Tribe of Benjamin was a part of a loose confederation of Israelite tribes...
, ancient Judea, known as the burial place of King Saul
Saul
-People:Saul is a given/first name in English, the Anglicized form of the Hebrew name Shaul from the Hebrew Bible:* Saul , including people with this given namein the Bible:* Saul , a king of Edom...
, his father Kish and his son Jonathan. Saul and Jonathan
Jonathan (Samuel)
Jonathan is a heroic figure in 1 Samuel in the Hebrew Bible. He was the son of King Saul and close friend of King David...
died during the Battle of Gilboa.
Source
- Wordsworth Encyclopedia of World Religions. Ware, Herts: Wordsworth (entered under Zelach: quoting Joshua 18: 21 and 2 Samuel 21: 14)