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 (1 Kings 1:5-9). There
Adonijah (q.v.) feasted all the royal princes 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 (1 Kings 1:49-53). He was afterwards pardoned.
Zoheleth projects into or slightly over-hangs the
Kidron Valley
The Kidron Valley ( classical transliteration, ''Cedron'', from he, נחל קדרון, ''Naḥal Qidron'', literally Qidron River; also Qidron Valley) is the valley originating slightly northeast of the Old City of Jerusalem, which then separate ...
.
Conder and
Kitchener proposed linking it to the cliff on which the village of
Silwan
Silwan or Siloam ( ar, سلوان, translit=Silwan; gr, Σιλωὰμ, translit=Siloam; he, כְּפַר הַשִּׁילוֹחַ, translit=''Kfar ha-Shiloaḥ'') is a predominantly Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem, on the outskir ...
is located, known to local peasants as Zahweileh.
[Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, pp.]
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Zoheleth is also the title of a novel by J Francis Hudson (Lion Publishing 1994). It concerns the revolt of Absalom against King David, as seen through the eyes of one of Absalom's servants.
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