Tel Zeror is sometimes identified with Zrar, a city mentioned in the description of Thutmosis III's conquests, from the fifteenth century BCE.

Cypriot ceramic ware was found in this quarter, probably originating from the same source as the copper itself, that is, Cyprus.

[3] In the Iron Age (11th century BCE), the site had a large mud-brick citadel, and a casemate wall.

[4] Iron Age burials in storage jars were found at Tel Zeror.

During the Hellenistic period there was a rounded watch tower on the northern hill, with a spiral staircase,[6] for an agriculturally oriented settlement ("manor farm").

Tel Zeror was first excavated in 1928 by John Garstang, who spent a single day at the site.