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Zanoah

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The source enumerates 2 distinct subjects under Zanoah. Jump to one below, or read in order.

  1. 1.A town in the low country or shephelah of Judah, near Zorah (Josh.
  2. 2.A town in the hill country of Judah, some 10 miles to the south-west of Hebron (Josh.

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  1. Zanoah (1)

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    A town in the low country or shephelah of Judah, near Zorah (Josh. 15:34). It was re-occupied after the return from the Captivity (Neh. 11:30). Zanu’ah in Wady Ismail, 10 miles west of Jerusalem, occupies probably the same site.

  2. Zanoah (2)

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    A town in the hill country of Judah, some 10 miles to the south-west of Hebron (Josh. 15:56).

Also from Smith's (1884) +

(marsh).

A town of Judah in the Shefelah or plain, (Joshua 15:34; Nehemiah 3:13; 11:30) possibly identical with Zanu’a . A town of Judah in the highland district, (Joshua 15:66) not improbably identical with Sanute, about 10 miles south of Hebron. In the genealogical lists of the tribe of Judah in 1 Chron., Jekuthiel is said to have been the father of Zanoah. ch. (1 Chronicles 4:18) As Zanoah is the name of a town of Judah, this mention of Bithiah probably points to some colonization of the place by Egyptians or by Israelites directly from Egypt.

In the Bible

5

Verses where Zanoah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 1 Chronicles 4:18

    These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah. Mered also took a Judean wife, who gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.

  • Joshua 15:34

    Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuah, Enam,

  • Joshua 15:56

    Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,

  • Nehemiah 3:13

    The Valley Gate was repaired by Hanun and the residents of Zanoah. They rebuilt it, installed its doors, bolts, and bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.

  • Nehemiah 11:30

    Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages; in Lachish and its fields; and in Azekah and its villages. So they settled from Beersheba all the way to the Valley of Hinnom.

Scripture on Zanoah

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Entries that reference Zanoah

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Zanoah references

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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