zarthan Summary and Overview

a place near Succoth, in the plain of the Jordan, "in the clay ground," near which Hiram cast the brazen utensils for the temple (1 Kings 7:46); probably the same as Zartan. It is also called Zeredathah (2 Chr. 4:17). (See ZEREDA T0003909.)

1. A place in the circle of Jordan, mentioned in connection with Succoth. #1Ki 7:46| 2. It is also named in the account of the passage of the Jordan by the Israelites, #Jos 3:18| where the authorized Version has Zaretan. 3. A place with the similar name of Zartanah. #1Ki 4:12| 4. Further, Zeredathah, named in #2Ch 4:17| only in specifying the situation of the foundries for the brass-work of Solomon's temple, is substituted for Zarthan; and this again is not impossibly identical with the Zererath of the story of Gideon. #Jud 7:22| All these spots agree in proximity to the Jordan, but beyond this we are absolutely at fault as to their position.

ZAR'THAN (cooling), a town in the Jordan valley. 1 Kgs 7:46. Between it and Succoth were the clay-grounds in which Solomon cast the brass utensils for the temple-services. Drake mentions a very conspicuous mound, 3 miles south of Bethshean, called Tell Sarem - a name identical with ?'lapa't?, which the Alexandrine Codex has for Zarthan. This may be the same as Zereda, which see.