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<p> '''''as´far''''' , ( λάκκος Ἀσφάρ , <i> '''''lákkos Asphár''''' </i> ): When [[Jonathan]] and | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1224" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' as´far ''''' , (λάκκος Ἀσφάρ , <i> ''''' lákkos Asphár ''''' </i> ): When [[Jonathan]] and Simon fled from [[Bacchides]] they encamped by this pool in the wilderness of [[Tekoa]] (1 Macc 9:33; <i> Ant </i> , Xiii , i, 2). It is probably identical with <i> ''''' Ez ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' Za‛ferāneh ''''' </i> , a ruined site with an ancient cistern, to the South of Tekoa, and East of <i> ''''' Ḥalḥūl ''''' </i> . <i> ''''' Bı̂r Selhub ''''' </i> about 6 miles Southwest of <i> ''''' ‛Ain Jidy ''''' </i> is favored by some ( <i> EB </i> , under the word), the hills around it being known as <i> ''''' Ṣafrā ''''' </i> , in which there may be a survival of the old name. </p> | |||
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [1]
as´far , (λάκκος Ἀσφάρ , lákkos Asphár ): When Jonathan and Simon fled from Bacchides they encamped by this pool in the wilderness of Tekoa (1 Macc 9:33; Ant , Xiii , i, 2). It is probably identical with Ez - Za‛ferāneh , a ruined site with an ancient cistern, to the South of Tekoa, and East of Ḥalḥūl . Bı̂r Selhub about 6 miles Southwest of ‛Ain Jidy is favored by some ( EB , under the word), the hills around it being known as Ṣafrā , in which there may be a survival of the old name.