Zerah or Zarah = "rising"<OL TYPE="1"><LI>a son of Reuel and grandson of Esau, one of the dukes of the Edomites<LI>twin brother of Pharez, sons of Judah and Tamar; descendants are called Zarhites, Ezrahites, and Izrahites<LI>son of Simeon; also called 'Zohar'<LI>a Gershonite Levite, son of Iddo of Adaiah<LI>the Ethiopian or Cushite, invader of Judah in the reign of Asa who defeated the invaders; probably the same as the Egyptian king Usarken I, second king of the Egyptian 22nd dynasty or perhaps more probably Usarken II, his 2nd successor<LI>another Edomite leader; possibly same as 1</OL>