Difference between revisions of "Shaphir"

<p> <strong> [[Shaphir]] </strong> . A city, probably on the [[Philistine]] plain (&nbsp; Micah 1:11 ). It has been located by some a few miles S.E. of Ashdod. Attempts have been made to identify it with the [[Shamir]] of &nbsp; Joshua 15:48 . </p> <p> H. L. Willett. </p>

<p> ''''' shā´fẽr ''''' ( שׁפיר , <i> ''''' shāphı̄r ''''' </i> , "glittering"; καλῶς , <i> ''''' kalṓs ''''' </i> ; the King James Version [[Saphir]] ): One of a group of towns mentioned in &nbsp; Micah 1:10-15 . From the association with Gath, [[Achzib]] (of Judah) and Mareshah, it would seem that the places mentioned were in Southwestern Palestine. According to Eusebius, in <i> Onomasticon </i> , there was a Σαφείρ , <i> ''''' Sapheı́r ''''' </i> , "in the hill country" (from a confusion with Shamir (&nbsp;Joshua 15:48 ), where [[Septuagint]] A has Sapheir) between [[Eleutheropolis]] and Ascalon. The name probably survives in that of three villages called <i> ''''' es ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' Sūāfir ''''' </i> , in the plain, some 3 1/2 miles Southeast of [[Ashdod]] ( <i> PEF </i> , II, 413, Sh XV). Cheyne ( <i> EB </i> , col. 4282) suggests the white "glittering" hill <i> ''''' Tell ''''' </i> <i> ''''' eṣ ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' Ṣāfı ''''' </i> , at the entrance to the <i> ''''' Wâdy ''''' </i> <i> ''''' eṣ ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' Sunt ''''' </i> , which was known to the Crusaders as <i> Blanchegarde </i> , but this site seems a more probable one for [[Gath]] (which see). </p>