Ziz
(Heb. with the art. hats-Tsits, , the projection; Sept. v.r. ; Vulg. Sis), the name of a cliff (, ascent) or pass-by which the band of Moiabites’ Ammonites, and Mehunim who attacked Jehoshaphat made. their way up from the shores of the Dead Sea to the wilderness of Judah near Tekoa (2Ch 20:16; comp. 2Ch 20:20). There can be very little doubt that it was the pass of Ain-Jidy the very same route, as Robinson remarks, which is taken by the Arabs in their marauding expeditions at the present day; along the shore as far as to Ain Jidy, and then up the pass, and so northward below Tekua (Bibl. Res. 1, 508,530). The pass, although exceedingly precipitous, is still a great thoroughfare. (Tristram Lanr I Moab. p. 41). The name haz-Ziz may perhaps be still traceable. in el-Hussah, which is attached to a large tract of table-land lying immediately above the pass of Ain Jidy, between it and Tekuia, and bounded on the north by a wady of the same name (Bibl. Res. 1, 527). Lieut. Conder remarks that there is a ruin called Khirs-bet Aziz south of Yutta (Qsar. Statement of the Palest. Explor. Fund, Jan, 1875, p. 15).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Ziz
projecting; a flower, a cleft or pass, probably that near En-gedi, which leads up from the Dead Sea (2 Chr. 20:16) in the direction of Tekoa; now Tell Hasasah.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Ziz
The cliff of Ziz. The ascent (ma’aleh), or pass, by which the hosts of Moab, Ammon, and the Mehunim, according to the announcement of the prophet Jahaziel, proceeded from the Dead Sea to the wilderness of Judah near Tekoa (2Ch 20:16; 2Ch 20:20); “they come up by the ascent of ha-Ziz, and ye shall find them at the head of the wady”; now the pass of Ain Jidy, the route of Arab marauders to the present day. The name appears in Husasah, the tableland above Ain Jidy, between it and Tekua, and may be related to Hazezon Tamar, the ancient name of Engedi (Ain Jidy). Condor (Palestine Exploration Quarterly Statement, Jan. 1875) identifies Ziz with Khirbet’ Aziz. Wady Khubara, the main valley S. of Engedi, runs W. toward this ruin to which the ascent, would be by this watercourse.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Ziz
ZIZ.The ascent of Ziz is mentioned in 2Ch 20:16 as the way by which the allied Moabites, Ammonites, and Meunim made their way up from En-gedi to attack Jehoshaphat at Jerusalem. It has been identified as an ascent near En-gedi from the plain of the Dead Sea to the tableland of Judah. The Roman road from En-gedi to Jerusalem followed this track.
H. L. Willett.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Ziz
Ziz, a cliff or pass leading up from the Dead Sea towards Jerusalem, by which the bands of the Moabites and Ammonites advanced against Jehoshaphat (2Ch 20:16). They seem to have come round the south end of the Dead Sea, and along the western shore as far as Engedi, where there is a pass which leads out northward towards Tekoa. This is the route which is taken by the Arabs in their marauding expeditions at the present-day.
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Ziz
Cliff or pass in Judah by which the hordes of Moabites, etc. made their way up from the shores of the Dead Sea to the Wilderness of Jeruel. 2Ch 20:16. Identified with the Wady Husasah , 31 28′ N, 35 23′ E.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Ziz
H6732
A pass in Judah.
2Ch 20:16
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Ziz
Ziz (zz), the Cliff of. 2Ch 20:16. R. V., the ascent of Ziz. The pass was the ascent through which invaders from the south and east, after doubling the south end of the Dead Sea, entered the hill-country of Juda. Ziz was the key of the pass.
Fuente: People’s Dictionary of the Bible
Ziz
Ziz. (the projection). The cliff of Ziz. The pass by which the horde of Moabites, Ammonites and Mehunim made their way up from the shores of the Dead Sea to the wilderness of Judah near Tekoa. 2Ch 20:16 only; compare 2Ch 20:20. It was the pass of Ain Jidy — the very same route which is taken by the Arabs in their marauding expeditions at the present day.