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Easton's Bible Dictionary - Zeruah

Zeruah [N] [H] [S]

stricken, mother of Jeroboam, the first king of the ten tribes ( 1 Kings 11:26 ).

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M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.
[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[H] indicates this entry was also found in Hitchcock's Bible Names
[S] indicates this entry was also found in Smith's Bible Dictionary
Bibliography Information

Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Zeruah". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary - Zeruah

Zeruah [N] [E] [S]

leprous; wasp; hornet
Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names. Public Domain. Copy freely.
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Bibliography Information

Hitchcock, Roswell D. "Entry for 'Zeruah'". "An Interpreting Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names". . New York, N.Y., 1869.

Smith's Bible Dictionary - Zeruah

Zeruah [N] [E] [H]

(full breasted ), the mother of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. ( 1 Kings 11:26 ) (B.C. 973.)

[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
[H] indicates this entry was also found in Hitchcock's Bible Names
Bibliography Information

Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Zeruah'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Zeruah

ZERUAH

ze-roo'-a (tseru`ah, perhaps "leprous"):

Mother of King Jeroboam I (1 Kings 11:26), the Septuagint, Codex Vaticanus and Lucian omit the name in 1 Kings 11:26, but the long the Septuagint after Massoretic Text of 12:24 reads (12:24b): "And there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, a servant of Solomon, and his name was Jeroboam, and the name of his mother was Sareisa (Septuagint has Sareisa), a harlot."

See ZARETHAN.

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Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ZERUAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.