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[some Zere'rath], or rather .ZER'ERA (Heb. Tsererah', öְøֵøָä , with ä local added, Tserera'thah, öְøֵøָúָä , to Zererah, perh. an interchange for Zeredah, as some MSS and versions read; Sept. ÔáãáñáãáèÜ v.r. êáὶ óõíçãìÝíç ; Vulg. omits), a place mentioned (Jdg_7:22) in describing the rout of the Midianites before Gideon: “And the host [camp] fled to [as far as] Beth-shittah in [towards] Zererath [Zererah], and [i.e. even] to [as far as] the border of Abel-meholah, unto [upon] Tabbath,” It appears to have been the same place in the Jordan valley elsewhere called. Zeredathah (q.v.) or Zaretan (q.v.), but not Zereda (q.v.).