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Ziph
Flowing. (1.) A son of Jehaleleel (1 Chr 4:16).
(2.) A city in the south of Judah (Josh 15:24), probably at the pass of Sufah.
(3.) A city in the mountains of Judah (Josh 15:55), identified with the uninhabited ruins of Tell ez-Zif, about 5 miles south-east of Hebron. Here David hid himself during his wanderings (1 Sam 23:19; Ps 54:1–7, title).
Named in the Bible
9 verses
- Joshua 15:24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
- Joshua 15:55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
- 1 Samuel 23:14 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
- 1 Samuel 23:15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
- 1 Samuel 23:24 And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
- 1 Samuel 26:2 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
- 1 Chronicles 2:42 Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
- 1 Chronicles 4:16 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.
- 2 Chronicles 11:8 And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
