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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38107" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38107" /> == | ||
<p> ("watchtower") (Judges 1:17). A [[Canaanite]] town, called after its destruction by [[Israel]] (See | <p> ("watchtower") ( Judges 1:17). A [[Canaanite]] town, called after its destruction by [[Israel]] (See [[Hormah]] . In the extreme S. or wilderness of Judah. Now the pass ''Es Sufa'' from the [[Arabah]] border up to the high level of the S. country (Robinson). But Speaker's Commentary, "Rakhmah," an anagram of [[Hormah]] , some miles E. of ''Sebatah'' which is on the road to [[Suez]] , quarter of an hour N. of ''Rohebeh'' or ''Ruheibeh'' . </p> <p> Rowlands identifies [[Zephath]] with ''Sebata'' , whose ruins extend 500 yards in length, 300 in width, 20 miles from ''Ain Gadis'' which [[Palmer]] makes Kadesh. Then the fort ''El Meshrifeh'' would command the only pass to ''Sebaita'' . The name of the low mountains 15 miles S.W. of ''Meshrifeh'' ; ''Ras Amir'' marks the hill country of the Amorites. Palmer makes ''Sebaita'' the city of Zephath, and ''Meshrifeh'' , three miles off, its protecting tower. </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_17550" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_17550" /> == | ||
<p> A [[Canaanitish]] city afterwards called Hormah, one of the "uttermost cities of | <p> A [[Canaanitish]] city afterwards called Hormah, one of the "uttermost cities of Judah southwards," afterwards assigned to Simeon, Joshua 12:14 15:30 19:4 . The name is supposed to be traceable in Sufah, a long and rough pass leading from the south up into the mountains of Judah. It was at Zephath that the [[Israelites]] were repulsed in attempting to ascend from Kadesh, Numbers 14:40-45 21:3 Deuteronomy 1:44 Judges 1:17 . </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_75637" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_75637" /> == | ||
<p> Ze'phath. ( | <p> '''Ze'phath.''' ''(Watch-Tower).'' The earlier name, Judges 1:17, of a Canaanite town, which, after its capture and destruction, was called by the Israelites, [[Hormah]] . ''See '' [[Hormah]] ''.'' </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_44630" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_44630" /> == | ||
Judges 1:17 | Judges 1:17 | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34105" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34105" /> == | ||
Judges 1:17 | Judges 1:17 | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_54908" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_54908" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_66785" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_66785" /> == | ||
<p> Bibliography | <p> '''Bibliography Information''' McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Zephath'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and [[Ecclesiastical]] Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/z/zephath.html. [[Harper]] & Brothers. New York. 1870. </p> | ||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16988" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16988" /> == | ||
<p> Ze´phath, a | <p> Ze´phath, a Canaanitish city, afterwards called Hormah (). The ancient designation is perhaps retained in the modern Sufah, the name of a difficult pass leading up from the Arabah to the south of Judah. </p> | ||
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