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    5 others in the registry answer to the name Zerah. Every Zerah in the Bible

    person

    Zerah

    זֶ֫רַח

    Zerah the Ethiopian led a vast army against Judah but was defeated by King Asa.

    verses
    1
    first named
    2 Chronicles 14:9
    last named
    2 Chronicles 14:10
    period
    Divided Monarchy
    role
    Man

    Description

    Who was Zerah?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Zerah the Ethiopian (or Cushite) was a military commander who led a massive invasion force against Judah during the reign of King Asa. According to 2Chronicles 14, Zerah's army numbered over a million men and included 300 chariots. They advanced as far as Mareshah before encountering Asa's forces in the Valley of Zephathah. Asa called upon the Lord for help, and the Ethiopians were defeated and pursued as far as Gerar. The exact identity of Zerah is uncertain. Some scholars suggest he may have been Usarken II, an Egyptian pharaoh, while others propose he was an Arabian leader. Whoever he was, his defeat was a significant victory for Judah and a demonstration of God's power on behalf of His people.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Zerah7 of 7 entities the graph connects to Zerah, in 2 groups: company 1, events 6. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.Zerah and Asa’s attack of CushTook part in · 4 versesCompanyJudah1 event · 1,023 versesAsa1 event · 53 versesCush1 event · 44 versesGerar1 event · 10 versesMareshah1 event · 6 versesZephathah Valley1 event · 1 verseEventsZerah

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    Stands in the same events as

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Zerah happensAll 3 places the claims about Zerah reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Mareshah, Gerar, Zephathah_Valley. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Zerah there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.MareshahGerarZephathah_Valley
    Divided MonarchyAll 3 places the claims about Zerah reach

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — one, across 1 book.

    1. 2 Chronicles1 verse

      14:9

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    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Zerah and Asa’s attack of CushAsaKing of Judah, son of Abijah; father of Jehoshaphatvia Zerah and Asa’s attack of CushAttackAttack is a concept gathering 46 labelled instances in the text.via Zerah and Asa’s attack of CushCushAncient region in Africa; associated with Egypt and Babylonvia Zerah and Asa’s attack of CushJudahIsraelite tribe, kingdom, and provincevia Zerah and Asa’s attack of CushMareshahA town in Judah; fortified by Rehoboamvia Zerah and Asa’s attack of CushZephathah ValleyA valley where Asa defeated the Cushite army

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