Zela

A written article for Zela is still to come. Below and alongside: where Zela appears in Scripture, with the original words, places on the map and any dates on record.

  • Zela
  • Zela (Khirbet Erha)
  • Zela (Khirbet Shab Salah)

Original word

  • צֶלַע zelah
    H6762
Citations
“Zela.” OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data. openbible.info/geo/ancient/zela. OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data · CC BY 4.0 Accessed 2026-07-21.
“Zela.” OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data. openbible.info/geo/ancient/zela. OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data · CC BY 4.0 Accessed 2026-07-21.
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Where Zela appears in Scripture

Joshua 18

וְצֵלַע הָאֶלֶף וְהַיְבוּסִי הִיא יְרֽוּשָׁלִַם גִּבְעַת קִרְיַת עָרִים אַרְבַּֽע-עֶשְׂרֵה וְחַצְרֵיהֶן זֹאת נַֽחֲלַת בְּנֵֽי-בִנְיָמִן לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃
28
And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

2 Samuel 21

וַיִּקְבְּרוּ אֶת-עַצְמוֹת-שָׁאוּל וִיהוֹנָֽתָן-בְּנוֹ בְּאֶרֶץ בִּנְיָמִן בְּצֵלָע בְּקֶבֶר קִישׁ אָבִיו וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר-צִוָּה הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיֵּֽעָתֵר אֱלֹהִים לָאָרֶץ אַֽחֲרֵי-כֵֽן׃
14
And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.