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Ziph
        (battlement), the name of two towns in Judah.
        1. In the south, named between Ithnan and Telem. Jos 15:24 It does not appear again in the history, nor has any trace of has been met with.
        2. In the highland district, named between Carmel and Juttah. Jos 15:55 The place is immortalized by its connection with David. 1Sa 23:14,15,24; 26:2 These passages show that at that time it had near it a wilderness (i,e, a waste pasture-ground) and a wood. The latter has disappeared but the former remains. The name of Zif if, found about three miles south of Hebron, attached to a rounded hill of some 100 feet in height, which is called Tell Zif.
        3. Son of Jehaleleel. 1Ch 4:16


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Smith, William, Dr "Meaning and Definition for 'ziph' in Smiths Bible Dictionary".
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