Topic
Zer
1 passage cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Joshua 19:35Smith · ISBE · Nave A city in the territory of the tribe of Naphtali
And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 1 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 1 references
zer, zer (tser; in Septuagint the verse (Jos 19:35) reads kai hai poleis teichereis ton Turion, which implies a Hebrew text with ha-tsurim, "Tyrians"; this must be an error): One of the fortified cities in Naphtali, named between Ziddim (ChaTTin) and Hammath (el-Chammeh, South of Tiberias). If the text is correct, it must have lain on the slopes West of the Sea of Galilee. It is not identified.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 1 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → A city in the territory of the tribe of Naphtali Jos 19:35
Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.