Zaretan
Town · also Zarethan
Location disputed Tell es Sa’idiyeh: about 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Jerusalem
Where Scholars Place It
- Tell es Sa’idiyeh Possible
- Tell Umm Hamad Possible
- Tall al Meqbarah Less likely
- Sleikhat Less likely
- Tell Simadi Less likely
Zaretan in the Bible Dictionary
Named in 3 Verses
- Joshua 3:16 That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
- 1 Kings 4:12 Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
- 1 Kings 7:46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.
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