ZERETH-SHAHAR zĭr’ ĭth-shā’ här (צֶ֥רֶת הַשַּׁ֖חַר, meaning splendor of the dawn). A city in the territory given to the tribe of Reuben and mentioned in Joshua 13:19 only. Identification is uncertain, but there seems reason to locate the town about twenty m. SW of Medeba (Madeba), just a few m. below the point where the Nahaliel River flows into the Dead Sea from the E. Zereth-shahar is mentioned in conjunction with Kiriathaim of Reuben which formerly belonged to Sihon of the Amorites, and was located ten m. SE of Zereth-sharhar.