Dict: smith - ZANOAH

smith:

ZANOAH - Z>@ - (marsh). A town of Judah in the Shefelah or plain, kjv@Joshua:15:34; kjv@Nehemiah:3:13 kjv@Nehemiah:11:30) possibly identical with Zanu’a . A town of Judah in the highland district, kjv@Joshua:15:66) not improbably identical with Sanute , about 10 miles south of Hebron. In the genealogical lists of the tribe of Judah in 1 Chron., Jekuthiel is said to have been the father of Zanoah. ch. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:18) As Zanoah is the name of a town of Judah, this mention of Bithiah probably points to some colonization of the place by Egyptians or by Israelites directly from Egypt.