Bible Person
Meaning: same as Zarah · Male · 2 cross references
This Zerah entry refers to the Edomite king from Bozrah whose son Jobab succeeds him, not to the Levite of the same name. He belongs to the remembered succession of rulers in Edom. First appears in Gen 36:33.1
AI summary: This Zerah matters because his cross references place him in the royal line of Edom, showing that neighboring peoples too are remembered with dynastic structure and succession. Even in a terse notice, the entry contributes to the political texture of the wider biblical world. Taken together, the material presents this Zerah as an Edomite king within the preserved order of foreign rule.1
Central Figure
Zerah
Meaning: same as Zarah
Children
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.