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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49529" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49529" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> [[Asphar]] </strong> ( 1Ma 9:33 ). | <p> <strong> [[Asphar]] </strong> ( 1Ma 9:33 ). A pool in the desert of Tekoa, or Jeshimon, where [[Jonathan]] and Simon the [[Maccabees]] encamped. The site is not known with certainty, although it may plausibly be identified with the mod. <em> Bîr Selhûb </em> , a reservoir 6 miles W.S.W. of Engedi. </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71371" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71371" /> == | ||
<p> '''As'phar.''' The pool in the ''" | <p> '''As'phar.''' The pool in the ''"Wilderness Of Thecoe".'' 1 Maccabees 9:33. Is it possible that the name is a corruption of ''Lacus Asphaltites'' ? </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_21280" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_21280" /> == | ||
<p> (Ἀσφάρ v. r. Ἀσφάδ, 1 Maccabees 9:33), a "pool" (λάκκος, not '' | <p> (Ἀσφάρ v. r. Ἀσφάδ, 1 Maccabees 9:33), a "pool" (λάκκος, not ''Sea,'' as the Vulg. and some other versions render, but which often stands in the Sept. for בּוֹר, a ''Pit,'' or בְּאֵר, a ''Well),'' i.e. fountain or cistern in the south or south-east of [[Palestine]] (in the " wilderness of Thecoe" or Tekoa), where the [[Jews]] under Jonathan Maccabaeus had an encampment at the beginning of their struggle with [[Bacchides]] (see Josephus. Ant. 13:1, 2); meaning doubtless (if the [[Dead]] [Asphaltic] Sea, as [[Grotius]] and others suppose) some considerable reservoirs in the direction of [[Arabia]] (comp. v. 35), near the territory of the [[Nabathaeans]] (see Diod. Sic. 19:94). </p> | ||
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Revision as of 10:06, 13 October 2021
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Asphar ( 1Ma 9:33 ). A pool in the desert of Tekoa, or Jeshimon, where Jonathan and Simon the Maccabees encamped. The site is not known with certainty, although it may plausibly be identified with the mod. Bîr Selhûb , a reservoir 6 miles W.S.W. of Engedi.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [2]
As'phar. The pool in the "Wilderness Of Thecoe". 1 Maccabees 9:33. Is it possible that the name is a corruption of Lacus Asphaltites ?
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
(Ἀσφάρ v. r. Ἀσφάδ, 1 Maccabees 9:33), a "pool" (λάκκος, not Sea, as the Vulg. and some other versions render, but which often stands in the Sept. for בּוֹר, a Pit, or בְּאֵר, a Well), i.e. fountain or cistern in the south or south-east of Palestine (in the " wilderness of Thecoe" or Tekoa), where the Jews under Jonathan Maccabaeus had an encampment at the beginning of their struggle with Bacchides (see Josephus. Ant. 13:1, 2); meaning doubtless (if the Dead [Asphaltic] Sea, as Grotius and others suppose) some considerable reservoirs in the direction of Arabia (comp. v. 35), near the territory of the Nabathaeans (see Diod. Sic. 19:94).
