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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74623" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74623" /> == | ||
<p> '''Ra'phon.''' | <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" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53661" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> [[Raphon]] </strong> . | <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" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_57324" /> == | ||
<p> ( ῾Ραφειών '';'' Alex. and [[Josephus]] ῾Ραφών; Peshito, | <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" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7762" /> == | ||
Revision as of 10:14, 13 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 .
