Saphat

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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]

Saphat ( 1Es 5:34 ). His ‘sons’ returned with Zerub. [Ezr. and Neh. omit]. 2 .   Esther 5:9  Esther 5:9 = Shephatiah ,   Ezra 2:4 .

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]

sā´fat  :

(1) A and Fritzsche, Σαφάτ , Saphát  ; omitted in Codex Vaticanus (and Swete); Babylonian margin Ἀσάφ , Asáph  : The eponym of a family which returned with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:9) = "Shephatiah" in   Ezra 2:4;  Nehemiah 7:9 .

(2) Codex Alexandrinus Σαφάτ , Saphát  ; Codex Vaticanus, Swete, and Fritzsche, Σαφάγ , Saphág  ; the King James Version Sabat : One of the families of "the sons of the servants of Solomon" who returned with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:34); wanting in the parallel   Ezra 2:57;  Nehemiah 7:59 .

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