Zer'eda. (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 Septuagint (LXX) on Mount Ephraim.