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.
(the fortress) the native place of Jeroboam. (1 Kings 11:26) Zereda or Zeredah has been supposed to ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary