Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Sunrise. , the successor of Shishak on the throne of Egypt. With an enormous army, the largest we read of in Scripture, he invaded the kingdom of Judah in the days of Asa (2 Chr. 14:9-15). He reached Zephathah, and there encountered the army of Asa. C. 609), came up against Jerusalem. ) A son of Tamar (Gen. 38:30); called also Zara (Matt. 1:3). ) A Gershonite Levite (1 Chr. 6:21, 41).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(rising (of the sun)).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
ZE'RAH (a rising of light). An Ethiopian or Cushite king who with an immense army invaded the kingdom of Judah in the reign of Asa, but was completely routed at Mareshah, in the valley of Zephathah, 2 Chr 14:9; has by some been identified with Uraken I. or II. of the twenty-second dynasty of Egypt. A son of Reuel, and grandson of Esau. Gen 36:13, 2 Sam 21:17, 1 Sam 15:33; 1 Chr 1:37, 1 Chr 1:44. A son of Simeon, Num 26:13; 1 Chr 4:24; called Zohar in Gen 46:10. A Gershonite Levite. 1 Chr 6:21, 1 Chr 6:41.
Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)
same as Zarah