Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
The fortress, a city on the north of Mount Ephraim; the birthplace of Jeroboam (1 Kings 11:26). It is probably the same as Zaretan (Josh. 3:16), Zererath (Judg. 7:22), Zartanah (1 Kings 4:12), or the following.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(the fortress) the native place of Jeroboam. (1 Kings 11:26) Zereda or Zeredah has been supposed to be identical with Zeredathah and Zarthan or Zartanah; but the last two were in the valley of the Jordan, while Zeredah was, according to the repeated statement of the LXX., on Mount Ephraim.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
ZER'EDA (cooling?), a place in Ephraim, in the plain of Jordan. 1 Kgs 11:26. Possibly it is the same as Zaretan. Josh 3:16; Zererath, Jud 7:22; Zartanah, 1 Kgs 4:12; Zeredathah, 2 Chr 4:17; and Zarthan. 1 Kgs 7:46. There seems to be much confusion about these names, but the Pal. Memoirs suggest as the site of Zereda, Siirdah, 2 1/2 miles north-west of Beitin (Bethel).