Zaretan

Coordinates: 32°05′45″N 35°27′41″E / 32.0958°N 35.4614°E / 32.0958; 35.4614
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Zaretan or Zarethan (Hebrew: צָרְתָן), also known as Zeredathah, is a city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as near the location where the Hebrews crossed the Jordan (Joshua 3:16). In the books of Joshua (3:16, KJV "Zaretan") and 1 Kings (4:12 KJV "Zartanah", 7:46 "Zarthan"), it is called Zarethan, but in 2 Chronicles it is called Zeredathah (4:17, KJV).

Zaredathah stood in the

Jordan Valley.[1] Nelson Glueck looked for it on the east bank of the river, proposing Tell es-Sa'idiyeh [de], but some more recent authors place it on the west bank, one theory identifying it with Tell el-Mazar, also spelled Mezar, in Wadi Far'a.[2] Tell el-Mezar is at the site called in Arabic Qerawa, known from antiquity by the name Korea(i) (κορεα[ι]) or Koreous (Kορεους) and located at the foot of Mount Sartabe.[3]

According to Hebrew Bible, the bronze castings for the Solomon's Temple were made in the clay grounds between Sukkot and Zaretan.

The old identification of the site of the miracle of the

Jabbok flows into the Jordan, about 30 miles upstream from the Israelite camp.[1] There the priests stepped into the water, which then "stood and rose upon an heap", thus creating a 30-mile stretch of dry riverbed for the tribes to use for crossing over to the Promised Land (Joshua 3:16, 17; compare Psalms 104:3).[1]

References

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  3. ISBN 978-3-545-23042-2
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Bible verses

Wikisource This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Zaretan". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.

32°05′45″N 35°27′41″E / 32.0958°N 35.4614°E / 32.0958; 35.4614

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