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    Zela

    צֵלַע

    Zela was a city in Benjamin where Saul and his family were buried .

    Where the story of Zela happensWhere the gazetteer locates Zela, framed to them: Zela. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. 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.Zela
    Where the gazetteer locates Zela
    verses
    2
    first named
    Joshua 18:28
    last named
    2 Samuel 21:14
    feature
    settlement
    coordinates
    31.80°N · 35.21°E
    settlement31.80°N · 35.21°E

    Khirbet Salah (OpenBible)

    Scholarship offers 3 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.

    Description

    Zela in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Zela was a city located in the territory allotted to the tribe of Benjamin (Jos.18.28). It is mentioned as part of a group of fourteen cities north of Jerusalem, though its exact location is uncertain. Some suggest it may be identified with Khirbet Salah between Jerusalem and Gibeon. Notably, Zela contained the ancestral tomb of Kish, the father of King Saul. After Saul and his sons were killed by the Philistines, David had their bones buried in this tomb at Zela (2Sa.21.14). The name Zela in Hebrew may mean "rib" or "side" as of a hill. Zela is possibly the same as Zilu mentioned in the Tell el-Amarna Letters.

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    Direct connections

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 2, across 2 books.

    1. Joshua1 verse

      18:28

    2. 2 Samuel1 verse

      21:14

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    Nothing in the graph stands one hop from this entity yet. These are the best-connected entities of the same type, so the page still ends somewhere. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    ElsewhereJerusalemThe capital of Israel, a holy city for three religionsElsewhereEgyptAncient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and ExodusElsewhereJordanA river and region, significant in Israel's history

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