Bible Dictionary

Zelah

The name Zelah means “rib; side; halting”.

Easton's Bible Dictionary 1897

Slope; side, a town in Benjamin, where Saul and his son Jonathan were buried (2 Sam. 21:14). It was probably Saul’s birthplace.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863

(a rib), a city in the allotment of Benjamin, (Joshua 18:28) contained the family tomb of Kish, the father of Saul. (2 Samuel 21:14) [Perhaps the same as Zelzah]