Zaretan

Zaretan

Zaretan (also known as Zarethan or Zeredathah) is a city mentioned in the Bible, as the location where the Hebrews crossed the Jordan. In the books of "Joshua" and "2 Kings", it is called Zarethan, but in "2 Chronicles" it is called Zeredathah.

Zaredathah stood in the Jordan Valley, on the east bank of the river, a few kilometres northwest of Succoth and approximately 70 kilometres north-northeast of Jerusalem. These clay grounds were where the bronze castings for the Temple of Solomon were made by Hiram.

As soon as the feet of the priests were dipped in the water, the flow of the stream was arrested. The point of arrest was the "city of Adam beside Zaretan," probably near Succoth, at the mouth of the Jabbok,some 30 miles up the river from where the people were encamped.Apparently the water "stood and rose upon an heap." Thus the wholelength of 30 miles of the riverbed was dry, so that the tribesmight pass over (Joshua 3:16, 17; compare Psalms 104:3).

External links

* [http://bibletools.org//index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/Easton/ID/3910 Zeredathah] in "Easton's Bible Dictionary"

References

* [http://bible.cc/joshua/3-16.htm Joshua 3:16]
* [http://bible.cc/1_kings/7-46.htm 1 Kings 7:46]
* [http://bible.cc/2_chronicles/4-17.htm 2 Chronicles 4:17]


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  • Joshua 3 — 1 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over. 2 And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the… …   The King James version of the Bible

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