Zephath

Town

Location disputed Tel Masos: about 70 km (40 miles) southwest of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

• Tel Masos Possible
• Tel Malhata Possible
• Tel Halif Less likely
• Tell esh Sharia Less likely
• Tel Ira Less likely

Zephath in the Bible Dictionary

Named in 1 Verse

• Judges 1:17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.

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