Zela
Zela was a city in Benjamin where Saul and his family were buried .
PlaceOld Testament2 books2 verses
Summary
Location
- Identified as
- Khirbet Salah
- Certainty
- Possible (41% of scholarship) · 2 other possible locations
- Coordinates
- 31.803° N, 35.210° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- צֵלַעZela
Mentions
- Zelah, 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.
- And 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.