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Die slang-klip, 'n rotsagtige plato naby die middel van die dorp Siloam, en naby die fontein van En-rogel, waarheen die vroue van die dorp gaan vir water [1 Kon 1:5-9]. Hier het Adonia (sien) feesgevier met al die koninklike prinsesse behalwe Salomo en die manne wat saam met hom deelgeneem het in sy poging om die troon op te volg. Terwyl hulle hier vergader was, is Salomo as koning uitgeroep deur die ingryping van Natan. Toe Adonia hiervan hoor, het hy gevlug en skuiling in die heiligdom geneem [1 Kon 1:49-53]. Hy is daarna vergewe.
Zoheleth steek in of hang effens oor die Kidron-vallei. Dit word nou ez-Zehwell of Zahweileh genoem.
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Zoheleth
the serpent-stone, a rocky plateau near the centre of the village of Siloam, and near the fountain of En-rogel, to which the women of the village resort for water (1Kings 1:5-9). Here Adonijah (q.v.) feasted all the royal princess except Solomon and the men who took part with him in his effort to succeed to the throne. While they were assembled here Solomon was proclaimed king, through the intervention of Nathan. On hearing this, adonijah fled and took refuge in the sanctuary (1Kings 1:49-53). He was afterwards pardoned.
Zoheleth projects into or slightly over-hangs the Kidron valley. It is now called ez-Zehwell or Zahweileh.
EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary