Zaphon
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ZAPHON (north).A city E. of Jordan, assigned to Gad (Jos_13:27). It is named also in Jdg_12:1, where Zaphônah should be rendered to Zaphon (RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ) instead of northward (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] and RV [Note: Revised Version.] ). Possibly the Talmudic tradition is correct which identifies Zaphon with Amathus, the modero Amâteh, a little north of the Jabbok, at the mouth of Wâdy er-Rugeib. Zaphon is probably connected with Ziphion (Gen_46:16), or (more correctly) Zĕphon. with gentilic name Zephonites (Num_26:13), described as a son of Gad.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Za'phon. (north). A place mentioned in the enumeration of the allotment of the tribe of Gad. Jos_13:27.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
zā?fon (צפון, cāphōn; Codex Vaticanus Σαφάν, Saphán; Codex Alexandrinus Σαφών, Saphṓn): A city on the East of the Jordan in the territory of Gad (Jos_13:27). It is named again in Jdg_12:1 as the place where the elders of Gilead gathered to meet with Jephthah (cāphōnāh should be translated ?to Zaphon,? not ?northward?). It must have lain well to the North of Gad. According to the Talmud Amathus represented Zaphon (Neubauer, Geog. du Talmud, 249). Here sat one of the Synedria created by Gabinius (Ant., XIV, v, 4). It was a position of great strength (BJ, I, iv, 2). Eusebius, Onomasticon places it 21 Roman miles S. of Pella. This is the modern Tell 'Amāteh, on the south bank of Wâdy er-Rujeib, 15 miles South of Pella, and nearly 5 miles North of the Jabbok. Buhl (GAP, 259) objects to the identification that Tell 'Amāteh corresponds to the Asophon of Josephus (Ant., XIII, xii, 5). But this objection does not seem well founded.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
(Heb. Tsaphon', צָפוֹן, north, as often; Sept.'Σαφών v.r. Σαφάν; Vulg. Saphon), the name of a place mentioned (in connection with Beth-aram, Bethnimrah, and Succoth) in the enumeration of the allotment of the tribe of Gad (Jos_13:27). It is one of the places in the valley (i.e. of the Jordan), which appear to have constituted the remainder (יֶתֶר) of the kingdom of Sihon apparently referring to the portion of the same kingdom previously allotted to Reuben (Jos_13:17-21). The enumeration appears to proceed from south to north, and from the mention of the Sea of Chinneroth it is natural to infer that Zaphon was near that lake. The Talmud (Gemara Jerus. Shebiith, 6) identifies it with the ancient Amathus (q.v.), the remains of which are still called Amateh on Wady Rejib (Schwarz, Palest. p. 232), and this position is not an improbable one.
In Jdg_12:1 the word rendered northward (tsaphonah) may with equal accuracy be rendered to Zaphon. This rendering is supported by the Alexandrian copy of the Sept. (Κεφεινά) and a host of other MSS., and it has consistency on its side, since the Ephraimites were marching eastward rather than northward. SEE JEPHTHAH.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Za'phon. (north). A place mentioned in the enumeration of the allotment of the tribe of Gad. Jos_13:27.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
zā?fon (צפון, cāphōn; Codex Vaticanus Σαφάν, Saphán; Codex Alexandrinus Σαφών, Saphṓn): A city on the East of the Jordan in the territory of Gad (Jos_13:27). It is named again in Jdg_12:1 as the place where the elders of Gilead gathered to meet with Jephthah (cāphōnāh should be translated ?to Zaphon,? not ?northward?). It must have lain well to the North of Gad. According to the Talmud Amathus represented Zaphon (Neubauer, Geog. du Talmud, 249). Here sat one of the Synedria created by Gabinius (Ant., XIV, v, 4). It was a position of great strength (BJ, I, iv, 2). Eusebius, Onomasticon places it 21 Roman miles S. of Pella. This is the modern Tell 'Amāteh, on the south bank of Wâdy er-Rujeib, 15 miles South of Pella, and nearly 5 miles North of the Jabbok. Buhl (GAP, 259) objects to the identification that Tell 'Amāteh corresponds to the Asophon of Josephus (Ant., XIII, xii, 5). But this objection does not seem well founded.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
(Heb. Tsaphon', צָפוֹן, north, as often; Sept.'Σαφών v.r. Σαφάν; Vulg. Saphon), the name of a place mentioned (in connection with Beth-aram, Bethnimrah, and Succoth) in the enumeration of the allotment of the tribe of Gad (Jos_13:27). It is one of the places in the valley (i.e. of the Jordan), which appear to have constituted the remainder (יֶתֶר) of the kingdom of Sihon apparently referring to the portion of the same kingdom previously allotted to Reuben (Jos_13:17-21). The enumeration appears to proceed from south to north, and from the mention of the Sea of Chinneroth it is natural to infer that Zaphon was near that lake. The Talmud (Gemara Jerus. Shebiith, 6) identifies it with the ancient Amathus (q.v.), the remains of which are still called Amateh on Wady Rejib (Schwarz, Palest. p. 232), and this position is not an improbable one.
In Jdg_12:1 the word rendered northward (tsaphonah) may with equal accuracy be rendered to Zaphon. This rendering is supported by the Alexandrian copy of the Sept. (Κεφεινά) and a host of other MSS., and it has consistency on its side, since the Ephraimites were marching eastward rather than northward. SEE JEPHTHAH.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
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