Shaphat in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(judge). 1.The Simeonite spy, son of Hori. Nu 13:5 (B.C. 1490). 2. The father of the prophet Elisha. 1Ki 19:18,19; 2Ki 3:11; 6:31 (B.C. before 900.) 3. One of the six sons of Shemaiah in the royal line of Judah. 1Ch 3:22 (B.C. 350.) 4. One of the chiefs of the Gadites in Bashan. 1Ch 5:12 (B.C. 750.) 5. The son of Adlai, who was over David's oxen in the valleys. 1Ch 27:29 (B.C. 1020.)