ZACHER

• A Benjamite 1 Chr. 8:31
• Called ZECHARIAH in 1 Chr. 9:37

ZADOK

1. The high priest during the time of David's reign 2 Sam. 19:11; 20:25; 1 Chr. 15:11; 16:39
   • Removes the ark of the covenant from Jerusalem at the time of Absalom's usurpation; returns with the ark of the covenant at David's command 2 Sam. 15:24-36; 17:15, 17-21
   • Stands aloof from Adonijah at the time of his attempted usurpation 1 Ki. 1:8, 26
   • Summoned by David to anoint Solomon to be king 1 Ki. 1:32-40, 44,45
   • Performs the function of a high priest after Abiathar was deposed by Solomon 1 Ki. 2:35; 1 Chr. 29:22
2. Father of Jerusha 2 Ki. 15:33; 2 Chr. 27:1
3. Son of Ahitub 1 Chr. 6:12
4. A man of valor 1 Chr. 12:28
5. Son of Baana Neh. 3:4
6. A priest Neh. 3:29
7. A returned exile Neh. 10:21
8. Son of Meraioth Neh. 11:11
9. A treasurer of the temple Neh. 13:13

ZAHAM

• Grandson of Solomon 2 Chr. 11:19

ZAIR

• A city in the country of Edom 2 Ki. 8:21

ZALAPH

• Father of Hanun Neh. 3:30

ZALMON

1. Also called SALMON, probably
   • A hill in Samaria Judg. 9:48; Ps. 68:14
2. One of David's warriors 2 Sam. 23:28

ZALMONAH

• One of the camping places of Israel Num. 33:41,42

ZALMUNNA

• King of Midian Judg. 8:5-21; Ps. 83:11

ZAMZUMMIMS

• Also called ZUZIMS
  • A race of giants Gen. 14:5; Dt. 2:20,21

ZANOAH

1. A city of western Judah Josh. 15:34; Neh. 3:13; 11:30
2. A city of eastern Judah Josh. 15:56
3. A descendant of Caleb 1 Chr. 4:18

ZAPHNATH-PAANEAH

• A name given to Joseph by Pharaoh Gen. 41:45

ZAPHON

• A city in the territory of the tribe of Gad Josh. 13:27

ZARA

• Also called ZARAH
  • Son of Judah Mt. 1:3

ZARAH

• Also called ZERAH and ZARA
  • Son of Judah and Tamar Gen. 38:30; 46:12; Num. 26:20; 1 Chr. 2:4, 6; Neh. 11:24

ZAREAH

• A city of the tribe of Judah Neh. 11:29
• See ZORAH

ZARED

• Also called ZERED
  • A brook Num. 21:12; Dt. 2:13,14

ZAREPHATH

• (A city between Tyre and Sidon)
  • Elijah performs two miracles in 1 Ki. 17:8-24
  • Called SAREPTA (A. V.) in Lk. 4:26

ZARETAN

• Probably identical with ZARTANAH and ZARTHAN
  • A city of uncertain location Josh. 3:16; 1 Ki. 4:12; 7:46

ZARETH-SHAHAR

• A city in the territory of the tribe of Reuben Josh. 13:19

ZATTHU

• See ZATTU

ZATTU

1. One whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel Ezra 2:8; 10:27; Neh. 7:13
2. Probably identical with ZATTHU
   • One who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah Neh. 10:14

ZAVAN

• See ZAAVAN

ZAZA

• Son of Jonathan 1 Chr. 2:33

ZEAL, RELIGIOUS

• General scriptures concerning Josh. 24:15,16; 2 Sam. 24:24,25; 1 Ki. 9:4; 15:14; 1 Chr. 29:17; 2 Chr. 15:15; 19:3; Ezra 7:23; Job 16:19; Ps. 42:1,2; 60:4; 96:2,3, 10; 119:139; Pr. 11:30; Eccl. 9:10; Isa. 58:12; 60:1; 62:6,7; Dan. 12:3; Mic. 5:7; Hab. 2:2; Hag. 2:4,5; Zech. 14:20,21; Mt. 5:13-16; Mk. 4:21,22; Lk. 8:16,17; 22:32,33; Jn. 6:27; 9:4; Acts 10:42; 26:29; Rom. 1:8,9; 7:22; 12:11; 1 Cor. 5:8; 7:29-34; 13:3; 14:12; 15:58; 2 Cor. 4:8-10, 13, 16-18; 7:11; 9:2; Gal. 4:18; 6:9; Eph. 5:15,16; 6:14-20; Phil. 1:27,28; 2:15; 3:4-14, 20; Col. 4:5; 2 Th. 3:13; Tit. 2:14; 3:1; Heb. 10:34; 11:15,16, 24-27; 13:13-15; Jas. 5:19,20; 1 Pet. 2:2; 2 Pet. 1:10,11; 3:14; Jude 1:3-22; Rev. 3:19; 5:4,5; 22:17
• EXEMPLIFIED Ex. 32:31,32; Num. 10:29; 11:29; Dt. 9:18,19; Josh. 24:14-16; 1 Sam. 17:26; 1 Ki. 8:42,43; 22:14; 2 Chr. 6:33; Job 6:10; Ps. 9:19,20; 40:7-10; 51:13; 69:7-9; 71:17,18; 74:10, 18-23; 94:16; 101:8; 115:1,2; 119:53, 126, 139, 158; Pr. 28:4; Eccl. 12:9,10; Isa. 2:3, 5; 6:8; 59:17; 62:1; Jer. 9:1-3; 13:17; 17:16; 18:20; 20:9; 26:12-15; Ezek. 9:4; 44:15; Dan. 3:17,18; Mic. 3:8; 7:1,2; Hab. 1:2-4; Mt. 23:37; Mk. 5:19,20; 6:6; 14:29-31; 16:20; Lk. 1:15-17; 19:41,42; Jn. 1:40-42, 45,46; 4:34,35; Acts 4:2, 8-13, 18-20, 31, 33; 5:21, 25, 29-32, 42; 6:4, 10; 8:4, 12, 25, 30, 35, 40; 11:19,20, 24, 26; 18:24-28; Rom. 1:11; 9:1-3; 10:1; 15:18-21; 1 Cor. 16:10; 2 Cor. 5:9; 6:11; 8:1-5, 16-18; 12:20,21; Eph. 4:25,26, 32; 6:21; Phil. 1:12-18; 2:22, 26, 30; 4:3; Col. 1:7; 4:7-11; 1 Th. 1:2-8; 3:1,2; 2 Pet. 1:12,13, 15; 2:4,5; 3 Jn. 1:4-7; Jude 1:3; Rev. 3:19
• INSTANCES OF
  • Moses Ex. 2:12; 11:8; 32:19,20
  • Phinehas Num. 25:7-13; Ps. 106:30
  • Joshua Num. 11:27-29; Josh. 7:6; 8:28
  • Gideon Judg. 6:11-32
  • Jephthah Judg. 11:30,31, 34-39
  • Samuel 1 Sam. 12:23; 15:11, 35; 16:1
  • King Saul 1 Sam. 14:38-44
  • King David 2 Sam. 6; 7:2; 8:11,12
  • Elijah 1 Ki. 19:10
  • Obadiah 1 Ki. 18:3,4
  • Jehoash 2 Ki. 12:2-16
  • Jehu 2 Ki. 9; 10
  • Jehoiada 2 Ki. 11:4-17; 2 Chr. 23:1-17
  • Asa 1 Ki. 15:11-15; 2 Chr. 14:1-5, 15
  • Josiah 2 Ki. 22; 23; 2 Chr. 34:3-7, 29-33
  • Priests 1 Chr. 9:13; Ezra 8:17,18
  • Ezra Ezra 7:10; 9; 10
  • Nehemiah Neh. 4:5; 8; 13:7-9, 15-28
  • Jeremiah Jer. 25:3,4
  • Shepherds Lk. 2:17,18
  • Anna Lk. 2:38
  • Andrew and Philip Jn. 1:41-46
  • Two blind men proclaiming the miracle of healing, contrary to the injunction of Jesus Mt. 9:30,31
  • The restored leper Mk. 1:44,45
  • The healed deaf-mute man Mk. 7:36
  • Peter rebuking Jesus Mt. 16:22
  • Peter Acts 2:14-40; 3:12-26
  • John
    • See JOHN THE BAPTIST
  • Paul and Barnabas Acts 11:22-26; 14:14,15
  • Phoebe Rom. 16:1,2
  • Ephesians Rev. 2:2,3, 6
  • See JESUS, ZEAL OF
• EXEMPLIFIED BY PAUL Acts 9:20-29; 13:16-52; 14:1-28; 15:26, 30-36, 41; 16:10, 13, 17, 31,32; 17:2,3, 16,17, 22-31; 18:4-6, 19, 23; 19:8-10, 21; 20:7, 18-27, 31, 33,34; 21:13; 24:14-25; 26:1-29; 28:23-28, 30,31; Rom. 1:1, 9-15; 9:1-3; 10:1; 11:13,14; 15:15-32; 1 Cor. 1:17, 23; 2:1-4, 6,7, 13; 3:1,2, 5-7; 4:1-21; 9:12, 15-23, 27; 10:33; 11:1; 13:1; 15:1-32; 2 Cor. 1:12, 17-19, 24; 2:12-17; 3:6, 12; 4:1,2, 5, 8-15; 5:11, 13,14, 18, 20; 6:3-10; 7:2; 10:3, 14-16; 11:7, 12, 19, 22-33; 12:10, 14,15, 17-19, 21; 13:6-9; Gal. 1:10, 15,16; 2:2; 3:1; 4:11, 19; 5:11; Eph. 6:17, 20; Phil. 1:17,18, 20, 22-25, 27; 2:16,17; 3:4-17; 4:11,12, 17; Col. 1:24, 28,29; 2:1; 1 Th. 1:5,6; 2:2-6, 8-11; 2 Th. 3:7-9; 1 Tim. 4:10; 2 Tim. 1:3, 7, 11-13; 2:9,10; 3:10,11; Heb. 13:18
• WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE Eccl. 7:16; Mt. 8:19,20; Lk. 9:57,58; Jn. 16:2; Acts 21:20; Rom. 10:2,3; Gal. 1:13,14; 4:17; Phil. 1:15-18
• IN PUNISHING EVIL PEOPLE
  • Moses and Levites Ex. 32:20, 26-29
  • Phinehas Num. 25:11-13; Ps. 106:30,31
  • Israelites Josh. 22:11-20; Judg. 20
  • Samuel 1 Sam. 15:33
  • David 2 Sam. 1:14; 4:9-12
  • Elijah 1 Ki. 18:40
  • Jehu 2 Ki. 10:15-28
  • Jehoiada 2 Ki. 11:18
  • Josiah 2 Ki. 23:20
• IN REPROVING INIQUITY
  • See REPROOF, FAITHFULNESS IN

ZEBADIAH

1. Two Benjamites 1 Chr. 8:15, 17
2. An Israelite who joined David at Ziklag 1 Chr. 12:7
3. A Korhite porter in the temple 1 Chr. 26:2
4. Son of Asahel 1 Chr. 27:7
5. An itinerant Levite teacher 2 Chr. 17:8
6. Son of Ishmael and counselor of the king 2 Chr. 19:11
7. Son of Shephaniah Ezra 8:8
8. A priest who defiled himself by marrying an idolatrous woman Ezra 10:20

ZEBAH

• King of Midian Judg. 8:5-21; Ps. 83:11

ZEBAIM

• A place whose exact location is unknown Ezra 2:57; Neh. 7:59

ZEBEDEE

• Father of James and John (nicknamed "Boanerges") Mt. 4:21; 20:20; 27:56; Mk. 1:20

ZEBINA

• Son of Nebo Ezra 10:43

ZEBOIM

1. Also called ZEBOIIM
   • One of the cities in the Valley of Siddim Gen. 10:19; 14:2, 8; Dt. 29:23; Hos. 11:8
2. A city and valley in Benjamin 1 Sam. 13:18; Neh. 11:34

ZEBUDAH

• Wife of Josiah, king of Judah 2 Ki. 23:36

ZEBUL

• An officer of Abimelech Judg. 9:28-41

ZEBULUN

1. Son of Jacob and Leah Gen. 30:20; 35:23; 46:14; 49:13; Ex. 1:3; 1 Chr. 2:1
   • Descendants of Gen. 46:14; Num. 26:26,27
   • Also called ZABULUN
2. Tribe of
   • Place of, in marching and camping Num. 2:3, 7; 10:14, 16
   • Territory awarded to Gen. 49:13; Josh. 19:10-16; Mt. 4:13
   • Aboriginal inhabitants of the territory of, not expelled Judg. 1:30
   • Levitical cities of Josh. 21:34,35; 1 Chr. 6:77
   • Moses' benediction upon Dt. 33:18,19
   • Loyalty of, in resisting the enemies of Israel
     • With Barak against Sisera Judg. 4:6, 10; 5:14, 18
     • With Gideon against the Midianites Judg. 6:35
     • With David when made king over Israel 1 Chr. 12:33, 38-40
   • Joins with Hezekiah in renewing the Passover 2 Chr. 30:11, 18
   • Conquest of, by Tiglath-pileser; carried away to Assyria into captivity 2 Ki. 15:29; Isa. 9:1
   • Jesus lived in the land of Mt. 4:15
   • Twelve thousand sealed Rev. 7:8
   • See ISRAEL

ZECHARIAH (ZECHARIAS)

1. A Reubenite 1 Chr. 5:7
2. Three Levites in the days of David 1 Chr. 9:21; 15:18, 20, 24; 16:5; 26:2, 14
3. A Benjamite 1 Chr. 9:37
   • Called ZACHER in 1 Chr. 8:31
4. Two Kohathites 1 Chr. 24:25; 2 Chr. 34:12
5. A Merarite porter in the temple 1 Chr. 26:11
6. Father of Iddo 1 Chr. 27:21
7. A prince sent by Jehoshaphat along with priests and Levites to teach in the cities 2 Chr. 17:7
8. A Levite, and father of Jahaziel 2 Chr. 20:14
9. Son of Jehoshaphat 2 Chr. 21:2
10. High priest, and son or grandson of Jehoiada
    • Put to death for prophesying against Jerusalem 2 Chr. 24:20-22, 25; Mt. 23:35; Lk. 11:51
11. A prophet during the reign of Uzziah 2 Chr. 26:5
12. A ruler of the temple 2 Chr. 35:8
13. The prophet
    • Son of Berechiah Zech. 2:4
    • Prophesied during the reign of Darius Ezra 4:24; 5:1; 6:14; Zech. 1:1, 7; 7:1
    • Probably the priest mentioned in Neh. 12:16; Ezra 8:3, 11, 16
14. Two chiefs who returned with Ezra Ezra 8:3, 11, 16
15. Name of various Jews after the captivity Ezra 10:26; Neh. 8:4; 11:4,5, 12; 12:16
16. A priest and temple musician Neh. 12:35, 41
17. Perhaps identical with number eleven above Isa. 8:2
18. A Levite during the reign of Hezekiah 2 Chr. 29:13
19. ZECHARIAH (ZECHARIAS)
    • See ZACHARIAH

ZEDAD

• A place near Hamath Num. 34:8; Ezek. 47:15

ZEDEKIAH

1. Made king of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar 2 Ki. 24:17,18; 1 Chr. 3:15; 2 Chr. 36:10; Jer. 37:1
   • Throws off his allegiance to Nebuchadnezzar 2 Ki. 24:20; 2 Chr. 36:13; Jer. 52:3; Ezek. 17:12-21
   • Forms an alliance with the king of Egypt Ezek. 17:11-18
   • The allegiance denounced
     • By Jeremiah 2 Chr. 36:12; Jer. 21; 24:8-10; 27:12-22; 32:3-5; 34; 37:7-10, 17; 38:14-28
     • By Ezekiel Ezek. 12:10-16; 17:12-21
   • Imprisons Jeremiah on account of his denunciations Jer. 32:2,3; 37:15-21; 38:5-28
   • Seeks the intercession of Jeremiah with God on his behalf Jer. 21:1-3; 37:3; 38:14-27
   • The evil reign of 2 Ki. 24:19,20; 2 Chr. 36:12,13; Jer. 37:2; 38:5, 19, 24-26; 52:2
   • Nebuchadnezzar destroys the city and temple, takes him captive to Babylon, blinds his eyes, kills his sons 2 Ki. 25:1-10; 2 Chr. 36:17-20; Jer. 1:3; 32:1,2; 39:1-10; 51:59; 52:4-30
2. Grandson of Jehoiakim 1 Chr. 3:16
3. A false prophet Jer. 29:21-23
4. A prince of Judah Jer. 36:12
5. A false prophet
   • Prophesies to Ahab that he will be victorious over the Syrians, instead of being defeated 1 Ki. 22:11; 2 Chr. 18:10
   • Strikes Micaiah, the true prophet 1 Ki. 22:24; 2 Chr. 18:23

ZEEB

• A prince of Midian Judg. 7:25; 8:3; Ps. 83:11

ZELAH

• (A city in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin)
  • Saul buried in Josh. 18:28; 2 Sam. 21:14

ZELEK

• An Ammonite 2 Sam. 23:37; 1 Chr. 11:39

ZELOPHEHAD

• (Grandson of Gilead)
  • His daughters petition for his inheritance Num. 27:1-11; 36; Josh. 17:3-6; 1 Chr. 7:15

ZELOTES

• See SIMON

ZELZAH

• A city of the territory of the tribe of Benjamin 1 Sam. 10:2

ZEMARAIM

1. A city of the tribe of Benjamin Josh. 18:22
2. A part of Mount Ephraim 2 Chr. 13:4

ZEMARITES

• A tribe that descended from Canaan Gen. 10:18; 1 Chr. 1:16

ZEMIRA

• A son of Becher 1 Chr. 7:8

ZENAN

• A city of the territory of the tribe of Judah Josh. 15:37

ZENAS

• A Christian believer and lawyer Tit. 3:13

ZEPHANIAH

1. A priest in the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah
   • Sent by the king to Jeremiah with a message soliciting the prophet's intercession and prayers Jer. 21:1,2
   • Shows Jeremiah the false prophet's letter Jer. 29:25-29
   • Taken to Riblah and killed 2 Ki. 25:18-21; Jer. 52:24-27
2. A Kohathite 1 Chr. 6:36
3. A prophet in the days of Josiah Zeph. 1:1
4. Father of Josiah Zech. 6:10, 14

ZEPHATH

• A Canaanitish city Judg. 1:17
• See HORMAH

ZEPHATHAH

• A valley west of Judah 2 Chr. 14:1