Topic
Zephathah, Valley of
1 passage cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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- 2 Chronicles 14:10ISBE
Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 1 references
zef'-a-tha (ge'tsephathah; Septuagint kata borran, reading tsephoah, instead of tsephathah): This is the place where Asa met and defeated the Ethiopians under Zerah (2Ch 14:10). It is said to be at Mareshah. No name resembling this has been recovered there. Possibly, therefore, the Septuagint rendering is right, "in the ravine to the North of Mareshah." In that case the battle may have been fought in Wady el-`Afranj.
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.