IPHTAH-EL.A ravine N. W. of Hannathon, on the north border of Zebulun (Jos_19:14; Jos_19:27). It is identified by some with the Jotapata (mod. Jefât) of Josephus.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
if?ta-el (יפתּח־אל, yiphtaḥ-'ēl; the King James Version Jiphtah-el): The valley of Iphtah-el lay on the North border of Zebulun (Jos_19:14, Jos_19:27). Northwest of the plain of el-Battauf stands a steep hill, connected only by a low saddle with the hills on the North. The name Tell Jēfāt suggests the Jotapata of Josephus (BJ, III, vi, 1; vii, 1, etc.), and the place answers well to his description. It probably corresponds to the ancient Iphtah-el. In that case the valley is most probably that which begins at Tell Jēfāt, passes round the South of Jebel Kaukab, and, as Wādy 'Abellı̄n, opens on the plain of Acre.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.