Bible Dictionary
Seirath
Seirath was a wooded or rugged district in the hill country of Ephraim. Ehud fled there after killing Eglon, king of Moab.
Definition
Seirath was a rugged or wooded district among the mountains of Ephraim, near the border of Benjamin. Its name conveys the idea of a shaggy or woody place.
Biblical Usage
Ehud fled to Seirath after killing Eglon, king of Moab. The place is associated with Mount Ephraim.
Historical Background
Seirath may have belonged to the continuation of the wooded hills extending southward toward Judah’s boundary. Its precise identification is uncertain.
Scripture References
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Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Woody district; shaggy, a place among the mountains of Ephraim, bordering on Benjamin, to which Ehud fled after he had assassinated Eglon at Jericho (Judg. 3:26, 27).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(the shaggy), the place to which Ehud fled after his murder of Eglon. (Judges 3:26,27) It was in “Mount Ephraim,” ver. 27, a continuation, perhaps, of the same wooded, shaggy hills which stretched even so far south as to enter the territory of Judah, (Joshua 15:10) (It is probably the same place as Mount, Mount, Mountain Seir, 2.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>se-i'-rath, se'-i-rath.</p><p>See SEIRAH.</p>