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zē´la (צלע, ceÌ„lā‛ ()): A city in the territory of Benjamin (; the Septuagint here omits). Here was the burying-place of the family of Saul, whither the bones of the king and of Jonathan were brought for burial (; the Septuagint here reads en teÌ„Ì pleuraÌ, translating ceÌ„lā‛, “sideâ€). The place is not identified. It may be the Zilu of the Tell el-Amarna Letters.