ZIZA.1. A Simeonite chief (1Ch_4:37). 2. A son of Rehoboam (2Ch_11:20).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
1. Son of Shiphi, chief of Simeon; in Hezekiah's time made an inroad upon the peaceable Hamite shepherds of Gedor (1Ch_4:37, etc.), destroyed them utterly, and dwelt in their room "because there was pasture there for their flocks."
2. Son of Rehoboam and Maachah (2Ch_11:20).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Zi'za. (shining).
1. Son of Shiphi, a chief of the Simeonites, in the reign of Hezekiah. 1Ch_4:37. (B.C. About 725).
2. Son of Rehoboam, by Maachah, the granddaughter of Absalom. 2Ch_11:20. (B.C. after 973).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
zı̄?za (זיזא, zı̄zā', probably a childish reduplicated abbreviation or a term of endearment (Curtis, Chron., 369, quoting Noldeke in EB, III 3294)):
(1) A Simeonite chief (1Ch_4:37).
(2) A son of King Rehoboam, his mother being a daughter or grand-daughter of Absalom (2Ch_11:20).
(3) A probable reading for ZIZAH (which see).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Heb. Ziza', זַיזַא, abundance [Gesen.] or shining [Furst]; Sept. Ζιζά or Ζουζά), the name of two men. SEE ZIZA.
1. Third named of the four obis of Rehoboam by Maachall the granddaughter of Absalom (2Ch_11:20). B.C. post 973.
2. Son of Seiphisad one of the chiefs of the Simeonites, who in the reign of Ilezekiah made a raid upon the peaceable Hamite shepherds of Gedor and smote them, because there was pasture there for their flocks (1Ch_4:37). B.C. cir. 725.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.