jud
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
SHAPHAT.1. The Simeonite spy (Num_13:6). 2. The father of Elisha (1Ki_19:16; 1Ki_19:18, 2Ki_3:11; 2Ki_6:31). 3. A name in the royal genealogy of Judah (1Ch_3:22). 4. A Gadite (1Ch_5:12). 5. One of Davids herdmen (1Ch_27:29).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
("judge".)
1. Num_13:5.
2. 1Ki_19:16; 1Ki_19:19.
3. 1Ch_3:22.
4. 1Ch_5:12.
5. 1Ch_27:29.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Sha'phat. (judge).
1. The Simeonite spy, son of Hori. Num_13:5. (B.C. 1490).
2. The father of the prophet, Elisha. 1Ki_19:18-19; 2Ki_3:11; 2Ki_6:31. (B.C. before 900).
3. One of the six sons of Shemaiah, in the royal line of Judah. 1Ch_3:22. (B.C. 350).
4. One of the chiefs of the Gadites in Bashan. 1Ch_5:12. (B.C. 750).
5. The son of Adlai, who was over David's oxen, in the valleys. 1Ch_27:29. (B.C. 1020).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
shā?fat (שׁפיט, shāphāt):
(1) The Simeonite spy (Num_13:5, Σαφάτ, Saphát).
(2) The father of the prophet Elisha (1Ki_19:16; 2Ki_3:11, Septuagint Sapháth).
(3) A name in the royal genealogy of Judah (1Ch_3:22).
(4) A Gadite (1Ch_5:12).
(5) One of David's herdsmen (1Ch_27:29).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
(Heb. Shaphat', שָׁפָט, judge; Sept. Σαφάτ, v.r. Σωφάτ, Σαφάθ, etc.), the name of five men.
1. The son of Hori and spy from the tribe of Simeon on the first exploration of Canaan (Num_13:5). B.C. 1657.
2. A son of Adlai, who had charge of king David's herds in the valleys (1Ch_27:29). B.C. cir. 1020.
3. The father of Elisha the prophet (1Ki_19:16; 1Ki_19:19; 2Ki_3:11; 2Ki_6:31). B.C. ante 900.
4. A Gadite who dwelt in Bashan in Jotham's time (1Ch_5:12). B.C. cir. 750.
5. One of the descendants of king David, through the royal line (1Ch_3:22). He seems to have lived as late as B.C. 350, for he was the brother of Neariah (q.v.).
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.