SAPHAT (1Es_5:34).His sons returned with Zerub. [Ezr. and Neh. omit]. 2. 1Es_5:9 = Shephatiah, Ezr_2:4.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
sā?fat:
(1) A and Fritzsche, Σαφάτ, Saphát; omitted in Codex Vaticanus (and Swete); Babylonian margin Ἀσάφ, Asáph: The eponym of a family which returned with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:9) = ?Shephatiah? in Ezr_2:4; Neh_7:9.
(2) Codex Alexandrinus Σαφάτ, Saphát; Codex Vaticanus, Swete, and Fritzsche, Σαφάγ, Saphág; the King James Version Sabat: One of the families of ?the sons of the servants of Solomon? who returned with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:34); wanting in the parallel Ezr_2:57; Neh_7:59.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.