Tiphsah in Biblical History

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What is Tiphsah?
TIPH'SAH
(ford), a name for two places. 1. A city on the western bank of the Euphrates. The name connected with the Hebrew word signifies "to pass over," which is represented in Greek and Latin by Thapsacus, a town situated at one of the most frequented fords of the Euphrates. The city was large and flourishing, being a great emporium of trade between Assyria and the West, and in a direct line from Tadmor. It has been found that the only practicable ford of the Euphrates is at Hammum, 181 miles higher up the river than Deir, which was formerly thought to be the true position, but where the river is not fordable. 1 Kgs 4:24. 2. Menahem, king of Israel, "smote Tiphsah and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof." 2 Kgs 15:16. This place has been identified with the above, but some leading scholars would put this Tiphsah in Palestine, near to Tirzah, or a ford of the Jordan. Conder suggests its identity with the ruin Tafsak, south of Shechem.

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