Ziza (son of Rehoboam)

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Ziza (son of Rehoboam)

Excerpt from the Lexham Bible Dictionary, the most advanced Bible dictionary.

Son of King Rehoboam and his favored wife Maacah (2 Chr 11:20).

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The Lexham Bible Dictionary

Ziza, Son of Rehoboam

Ziza, Son of Rehoboam (זִיזָא‎, ziza'). Son of King Rehoboam and his favored wife Maacah (2 Chr 11:20).

The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Ziza (Person)

ZIZA (PERSON) [Heb zı̂zāʾ (זִיזָא‎)]. 1. The son of King Rehoboam of Judah (ca. 922–915 b.c.e.) and Maacah (KJV Maachah), the daughter of (NEB “granddaughter”) of Absalom, and the brother of Abijah, Attai, and Shelomith (2 Chr 11:20). His name occurs in a subsection (2 Chr 11:18–23) of the Chronicler’s

Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible

Ziza

Ziza. 1. Chief of Simeon’s tribe descending from Shemaiah (1 Chr 4:37).2. Son of Rehoboam and Maacah (2 Chr 11:20).

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

Ziza

Ziza zīʹzə [Heb. zîzāʾ, prob a name of endearment, using reduplication of a shortened form of the name (see IP, pp. 40f)].

Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Ziza

ZIZA1. Chief of Simeon’s tribe descending from Shemaiah (1 Chr 4:37).2. Son of Rehoboam and Maacah (2 Chr 11:20).3. Second of Shimei’s sons and a clan chief within the Gershonite branch of Levi’s tribe (1 Chr 23:11); perhaps the same as Zina in 1 Chronicles 23:10.

The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia

Ziza

ZIZA1. A prince of the tribe of Simeon who participated in an expansion of the tribe’s land toward Gedor (1 Chr 4:37).2. A son of Rehoboam, king of Judah, by Maachah (2 Chr 11:20).

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible

Ziza

Ziza (Heb. zɩ̂zāʾ)1. The son of Shiphi who with other Simeonite family heads led an expansion of their tribe toward Gedor (1 Chr. 4:37–40).2. A son of King Rehoboam of Judah and his favorite wife, Maacah (2 Chr. 11:20).

Catholic Bible Dictionary

Ziza

ZIZA The son of King Rehoboam and Maacah. He had three brothers born of the same mother: Abijah, Attai, and Shelomith (2 Chr 11:20).

Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Ziza

Zi´za (shining).1. Son of Shiphi, a chief of the Simeonites in the reign of Hezekiah. 1 Chron. 4:37. (b.c. about 725.)2. Son of Rehoboam by Maachah the granddaughter of Absalom. 2 Chron. 11:20. (b.c. after 973.)

The New Unger’s Bible Dictionary

Ziza

ZI´ZA (ziʹza).1. Son of Shiphi, a leader of the Simeonites in the reign of Hezekiah (1 Chron. 4:37), about 719 b.c.2. Son of Rehoboam by Maacah, the granddaughter of Absalom (2 Chron. 11:20), after 934 b.c.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

Ziza

Ziza—splendour; abundance. (1.) A Simeonite prince (1 Chr. 4:37–43).(2.) A son of Rehoboam (2 Chr. 11:20).