This is the name of the place Zela: A city in Benjamin where Saul's family was buried.
Definition
the same as H6761; Tsela, a place in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Zelah.
Traditional renderings: Zelah.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
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- Joshua 18:28וְצֵלַ֡ע · ZelahZelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
- 2 Samuel 21:14בְּצֵלָ֗ע · in ZelaAnd they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.