zedad Summary and Overview

side; sloping place, a town in the north of Israel, near Hamath (Num. 34:8; Ezek. 47:15). It has been identified with the ruins of Sudud, between Emesa (Hums) and Baalbec, but that is uncertain.

(mountain side), one of the landmarks on the north border of the land of Israel, as Promised by Moses, #Nu 34:8| and as restored by Ezekiel. #Eze 47:15| A place named Sudud exists to the east of the northern extremity of the chain of Anti-Libanus, about fifty miles east-northeast of Baalbec. This may be identical with Zedad.

ZE'DAD (mountain-side) , a city on the northern boundary of the Israelites, as described by Moses and Ezekiel. Num 34:8; Eze 47:15. It has been identified with the modern Sudud, some 70 miles north-east of Damascus, and 35 miles south-south-east of Hums, the ancient Emesa. Sudud is still a large village, though it does not contain any relics of antiquity except a few fragments of columns built into the mud walls of the modern houses. It is surrounded by gardens and cultivated fields. The inhabitants are all members of the Jacobite Church, and constitute the only remnant of that ancient sect in Syria.

A landmark on the N. of Israel (Numbers 24:8; Ezekiel 47:15). Grove conjectures the present Sudud, E. of the N. end of Antilibanus, 50 miles E.N.E. of Baalbek.