Topic
Shaphat
11 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Numbers 13:5Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. The representative of the tribe of Simeon among the spies sent into Canaan
Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
- 1 Chronicles 27:29Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 5. Son of Adlai
And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai:
- 2 Kings 3:11Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. Father of Elisha
But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel’s servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.
- 1 Chronicles 3:22Smith · ISBE · Nave 3. Son of Shemaiah
And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
- 1 Chronicles 5:12Smith · ISBE · Nave 4. A Gadite
Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
- 1 Kings 19:16ISBE · Nave 2. Father of Elisha
And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.
- 1 Kings 19:19Smith · Nave 2. Father of Elisha
¶ So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
- 2 Kings 6:31Smith · Nave 2. Father of Elisha
Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
- 1 Kings 19:16–19Easton
And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him…
- 1 Kings 19:18Smith
Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
- Ezekiel 8:11ISBE
And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
Judge. (1.) One of the spies. He represented the tribe of Simeon (Num. 13:5).
(2.) The father of Elisha (1 Kings 19:16-19).
(3.) One of David’s chief herdsmen (1 Chr. 27:29).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 8 references
- The father of the prophet Elisha. (1 Kings 19:18,19; 2 Kings 3:11; 6:31) (B.C. before 900.)
- One of the six sons of Shemaiah in the royal line of Judah. (1 Chronicles 3:22) (B.C. 350.)
- One of the chiefs of the Gadites in Bashan. (1 Chronicles 5:12) (B.C. 750.)
- The son of Adlai, who was over David’s oxen in the valleys. (1 Chronicles 27:29) (B.C. 1020.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 7 references
sha'-fat (shaphat):iah, one of the 70 men whom Ezekiel saw, in his vision of the Temple, sacrificing to idols (Eze 8:11).
(1) The Simeonite spy (Nu 13:5, Saphat).
(2) The father of the prophet Elisha (1Ki 19:16; 2Ki 3:11, Septuagint Saphath).
(3) A name in the royal genealogy of Judah (1Ch 3:22).
(4) A Gadite (1Ch 5:12).
(5) One of David's herdsmen (1Ch 27:29).
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.