Zered
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| Type | river |
|---|---|
| Also called | Wadi Zered, Zered Valley, Valley of the Zered, Zered Brook |
| Most likely | Wadi al Hasa (high confidence) |
| Coordinates | 31.027° N, 35.485° E |
| Mentioned in | 2 verses |
| First mention | Deuteronomy 2:13 |
Zered is a river named in 2 verses of the Bible. It is most likely identified with Wadi al Hasa (high confidence).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| Wadi al Hasa | high (100%) | 31.027° N, 35.485° E |
Verses
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 2:13Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered.“Now arise and cross over the Brook of Zered.” So we crossed over the Brook of Zered.
- Deuteronomy 2:14And the space in which we came from Kadesh–barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the Lord sware unto them.The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.