Place · City
Zephath
Named in 1 verse, first in Judges 1:17.
The dataset treats this record as another name for, or a duplicate of, Hormah.
In the Bible
All 1 verse, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Judges
- Judges 1:17
Then the men of Judah went with their brothers the Simeonites, attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and devoted the city to destruction. So it was called Hormah.
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
Beacon; watch-tower, a Canaanite town; called also Hormah (q.v.), Judg. 1:17. It has been identified with the pass of es-Sufah, but with greater probability with S’beita.