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Raphon <ref name="term_7762" /> | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74623" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' rā´fon ''''' ( Ῥαφειών , <i> ''''' Rhapheiṓn ''''' </i> ): The place where in his campaign East of [[Jordan]] | <p> '''Ra'phon.''' A city of Gilead, 1 [[Maccabees]] 15:37, perhaps, identical with Raphana, which is mentioned, by Pliny, as one of the cities of the Decapolis. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53661" /> == | |||
<p> <strong> [[Raphon]] </strong> . A city of [[Bashan]] ( 1Ma 5:37 ), the <em> Raphana </em> of Pliny ( <em> HN </em> , v. 16); the site has not been recovered. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_57324" /> == | |||
<p> ( '''''῾Ραφειών''''' '';'' Alex. and [[Josephus]] '''''῾Ραφών''''' ; Peshito, [[Raphon]] ) '','' a city of Gilead, under the walls of which [[Judas]] Maccabeus defeated [[Timotheus]] ( 1 Maccabees 5:37 only). It appears to have stood on the eastern side of an important wady, and at no great distance from [[Carnaim]] '''''—''''' probably Ashteroth-Carnaim. It may have been identical with Raphana, which is mentioned by Pliny (Nat. Hist. v, 16) as one of the cities of the Decapolis, but with no specification of its position. Nor is there anything in the narrative of 1 Maccabees, of 2 Maccabees (ch. xii), or of Josephus (Ant. 12:8, 3) to enable us to decide whether the torrent in question is the Hieromax, the Zerka, or any other. In Kiepert's map, accompanying Wettstein's lauran, etc. (1860), a place named Er-Rafe is marked, on the east of [[Wady]] Hrer, one of the branches of the Wady Mandhur, and close to the great road leading to Sanamein, which last has some claims to be identified with Ashteroth-Carnaim. But in our present ignorance of the district this can only be taken as mere conjecture. If Er-Rafe be Raphana, we should expect to find large ruins. </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7762" /> == | |||
<p> ''''' rā´fon ''''' ( Ῥαφειών , <i> ''''' Rhapheiṓn ''''' </i> ): The place where in his campaign East of [[Jordan]] Judas inflicted disastrous defeat on the host of Timotheus, the fugitives fleeing for refuge to the temple at Carnaim ( 1 Maccabees 5:37 ff; <i> Ant. </i> , Xii , viii, 4). The same place is doubtless referred to by Pliny as "Raphana" ( <i> Nh </i> , v. 1 6). It may possibly be represented by the modern <i> ''''' Rāfeh ''''' </i> , on the East of the pilgrimage road, about 17 miles North of <i> ''''' Der‛ah ''''' </i> , and 11 miles Northeast of <i> ''''' Tell ''''' </i> <i> ''''' el ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' ‛Ash‛ary ''''' </i> . It is a mile and a half North of <i> ''''' Wâdy ''''' </i> <i> ''''' Kanawāt ''''' </i> , which would thus be the "brook" mentioned in the narrative. It is perhaps far enough away from Carnaim, if this is rightly placed at <i> ''''' Tell ''''' </i> <i> ''''' el ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' ‛Ash‛ary ''''' </i> . </p> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_74623"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/raphon Raphon from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_53661"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/raphon Raphon from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_57324"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/raphon Raphon from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_7762"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/raphon Raphon from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_7762"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/raphon Raphon from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
Latest revision as of 07:17, 15 October 2021
Smith's Bible Dictionary [1]
Ra'phon. A city of Gilead, 1 Maccabees 15:37, perhaps, identical with Raphana, which is mentioned, by Pliny, as one of the cities of the Decapolis.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
Raphon . A city of Bashan ( 1Ma 5:37 ), the Raphana of Pliny ( HN , v. 16); the site has not been recovered.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
( ῾Ραφειών ; Alex. and Josephus ῾Ραφών ; Peshito, Raphon ) , a city of Gilead, under the walls of which Judas Maccabeus defeated Timotheus ( 1 Maccabees 5:37 only). It appears to have stood on the eastern side of an important wady, and at no great distance from Carnaim — probably Ashteroth-Carnaim. It may have been identical with Raphana, which is mentioned by Pliny (Nat. Hist. v, 16) as one of the cities of the Decapolis, but with no specification of its position. Nor is there anything in the narrative of 1 Maccabees, of 2 Maccabees (ch. xii), or of Josephus (Ant. 12:8, 3) to enable us to decide whether the torrent in question is the Hieromax, the Zerka, or any other. In Kiepert's map, accompanying Wettstein's lauran, etc. (1860), a place named Er-Rafe is marked, on the east of Wady Hrer, one of the branches of the Wady Mandhur, and close to the great road leading to Sanamein, which last has some claims to be identified with Ashteroth-Carnaim. But in our present ignorance of the district this can only be taken as mere conjecture. If Er-Rafe be Raphana, we should expect to find large ruins.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
rā´fon ( Ῥαφειών , Rhapheiṓn ): The place where in his campaign East of Jordan Judas inflicted disastrous defeat on the host of Timotheus, the fugitives fleeing for refuge to the temple at Carnaim ( 1 Maccabees 5:37 ff; Ant. , Xii , viii, 4). The same place is doubtless referred to by Pliny as "Raphana" ( Nh , v. 1 6). It may possibly be represented by the modern Rāfeh , on the East of the pilgrimage road, about 17 miles North of Der‛ah , and 11 miles Northeast of Tell el - ‛Ash‛ary . It is a mile and a half North of Wâdy Kanawāt , which would thus be the "brook" mentioned in the narrative. It is perhaps far enough away from Carnaim, if this is rightly placed at Tell el - ‛Ash‛ary .
