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Shophan

1 passage cited, from 4 classic reference works.

These works date from 1884–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.

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In the reference works

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references

Hidden, or hollow, a town east of Jordan (Num. 32:35), built by the children of Gad. This word should probably be joined with the word preceding it in this passage, Atroth-Shophan, as in the Revised Version.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 1 references
(bareness), one of the fortified towns on the east of Jordan which were taken possession of and rebuilt by the tribe of Gad. (Numbers 32:35)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references

sho'-fan (shophan).

See ATROTH-SHOPHAN.

In the topical indexes

Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 1 references, grouped by sub-topic
  • → A city in the territory of the tribe of Gad Nu 32:35
  • → R. V., spelled ATROTH-SHOPHAN

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.

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