Zerah
    sunrise. (1.) An "Ethiopian," probably Osorkon II., the
    successor of Shishak on the throne of Egypt. With an enormous
    army, the largest we read of in Scripture, he invaded the
    kingdom of Judah in the days of Asa (2 Chr. 14:9-15). He reached
    Zephathah, and there encountered the army of Asa. This is the
    only instance "in all the annals of Judah of a victorious
    encounter in the field with a first-class heathen power in full
    force." The Egyptian host was utterly routed, and the Hebrews
    gathered "exceeding much spoil." Three hundred years elapsed
    before another Egyptian army, that of Necho (B.C. 609), came up
    against Jerusalem.

      (2.) A son of Tamar (Gen. 38:30); called also Zara (Matt.
    1:3).

      (3.) A Gershonite Levite (1 Chr. 6:21, 41).



 Zerah, same as Zarah