Ziz
The Ascent of Ziz was a pass where Jehoshaphat defeated the armies of Moab and Ammon .
The name Ziz means “flower; branch; a lock of hair”
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Summary
A location only mentioned at 2 Chronicles 20:16; only referred to as Ziz (צִיץ).
Location
- Identified as
- Wadi Hasasah
- Certainty
- Likely (62% of scholarship) · 1 other possible location
- Coordinates
- 31.561° N, 35.384° E
Alternative names
- צִיץZiz
Mentions
- Tomorrow you are to march down against them. You will see them coming up the Ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the valley facing the Wilderness of Jeruel.