Zair

1 verse

2 Kings

2 Kings 8:21

So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Matthew George Easton, 1897

Little, a place probably east of the Dead Sea, where Joram discomfited the host of Edom who had revolted from him (2 Kings 8:21).

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

(small), a place named in (2 Kings 8:21) only, in the account of Joram’s expedition against the Edomites. It has been conjectured that Zair is identical with Zoar.

Based on Nave's Topical Bible by Orville J. Nave (1896). Dictionary entries from Easton's Bible Dictionary and Smith's Bible Dictionary. Public domain. KJV scripture text, public domain.