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Zelah

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: Z By: James P. Boyd

(rib). A city in Benjamin in which was located the family tomb of Kish, father of Saul (Josh. 18:28²⁸And 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. (Joshua 18:28); 2 Sam. 21:14¹⁴And 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 entreated for the land. (2 Samuel 21:14)).

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