Zaphon in Biblical History

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What is Zaphon?
ZA'PHON
(the north), a city of Gad, east of the Jordan. "in the valley." Josh 13:27. The word translated "northward" in Jud 12:1 is rendered in the Septuagint "to Zaphon." The Talmud identifies it as Amathus, and it is now represented by the ruined site Amateh, south-east of the Sea of Galilee.

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