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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
HAPHARAIM.A town in Issachar (Jos_19:19). The Onomasticon places it 6 Roman miles N. of Legio. It is probably Khirbet el-Farrîyeh, an ancient site with noteworthy tombs, to the N. W. of el-Lejjûn.
W. Ewing.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
haf-a?rā?im (חפרים, ḥăphārayim; the King James Version Haphraim, haf-rā?im, possibly ?place of a moat?): A town in the territory of Issachar, named with Shunem and Anaharath (Jos_19:19). Eusebius, Onomasticon identifies it with ?Affarea,? and places it 6 miles North of Legio-Megiddo. This position corresponds with that of the modern el-Ferrı̄yeh, an ancient site with remarkable tombs Northwest of el-Lejjūn.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.