Zered
(Heb. id. [in pause Za’red, Deu 2:13; Zared,Num 21:12], osier-brook; Sept. v.r. and ), the name of a brook or valley () on the border between Moab and Edom (Deu 2:13), where the Israelites encamped before crossing the Arnon (Num 21:12). It seems to be the same with the Wady el-Ahsy, which runs into the Dead Sea near its S.E. corner (Robinson, Bibl. Res. 2, 157). Laborde, arguing from the distance, thinks that the source of the Wady Ghuirundel in the Arabah is the site, as from Mount Hor to el-Ahsy is by way of Ezion-geber sixty-five leagues, in which only four stages occur; a rate of progress quite beyond their power. This argument, however, is feeble, since it is clear that the march stations mentioned indicate not daily stages, but more permanent encampments. He also thinks the palm trees of Wady Ghuruindel would have attracted notice, and that Wady Jethum (el-Ithm) could not have been the way consistently with the precept of Deu 2:3. The camping station in the catalogue of Numbers 23, which corresponds to the pitching in the valley of Zered of Num 21:12, is probably Dibon-gad, as it stands next to Ije-abarim (comp. Num 33:44-45 with Num 21:12). The Wady el-Ahsy forms the boundary between the districts of Jebal and Kerak. Taking its rise near the castle of el-Ahsy, on the route of the Syrian Haj, upon the high eastern desert, it breaks down through the whole chain of mountains (:Burckhardt, Travels, p. 400) in a very deep ravine, and contains a hot spring which the Arabs call the Bath of Solomon son of David (Irby, May 29). The Israelites doubtless crossed it near its upper end, where it would present no difficulty. SEE EXODE.
The Jewish interpreters translate the name in the first case osiers, and in the second baskets (Targum of Pseudo-Jonathan), which recalls the brook of the willows of Isaiah (Isa 15:7). The name Sufsaf (willow) is attached to the valley which runs down from Kerak to the Dead Sea; but this appears to be too far north for the Zered. SEE WILLOWS, BROOK OF THE.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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=Zared, luxuriance; willow bush, a brook or valley communicating with the Dead Sea near its southern extremity (Num. 21:12; Deut. 2:14). It is called the “brook of the willows” (Isa. 15:7) and the “river of the wilderness” (Amos 6:14). It has been identified with the Wady el-Aksy.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Zered
(See ZARED.)
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Zered
ZERED.The torrent-valley (nachal) of Zered is named in the itinerary of Israels journeyings, Num 21:12, immediately prior to their crossing of the Arnon, and in Deu 2:13 as the point that marked the close of the 38 years wanderings. It is probably either the Sail Saideh (the principal confluent of the Arnon from the S.E.) or the Wdy Kerak.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Zered
zered (, zeredh; Codex Vaticanus , Zaret; Codex Alexandrinus , Zare; the King James Version, Zared (Num 21:12)): This is the nahal or torrent valley given as the place where Israel encamped before they reached the Arnon (Num 21:12). In Deu 2:13 f, the crossing of the brook Zered marks the end of the 38 years’ desert wanderings. It has often been identified with Wady el-Ahsa, which runs up from the southeastern corner of the Dead Sea. A fatal objection to this is that the host had entered the wilderness to the East of Moab before they crossed the Zered (Num 21:11), while Wady el-Ahsa must have formed the southern boundary of Moab. We may conclude with certainty that one of the confluents of Wady Kerak is intended, but which, it is impossible now to say.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Zered
Zered, the name of a valley (Num 21:12) and of the stream flowing through it, east of the Dead Sea [RIVERSOFPALESTINE].
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Zered
[Zer’ed] See ZARED.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
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A brook.
Zared
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Zered
Ze’red. (osier brook). Deu 2:13-14. Ze’red or Za’red. Num 21:12. A brook or valley running into the Dead Sea near its southeast corner, which Dr. Robinson, with some probability, suggests as identical with the Wady el-Ahsy. It lay between Moab and Edom and is the limit of the proper term of the Israelites’ wandering.