Thesaurus Asphar... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ASPHAR, THE POOL. as'-far, (lakkos Asphar): When Jonathan and Simon fled from Bacchides they encamped .../a/asphar.htm - 6kPool (25 Occurrences)
... 11. (vi) To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative,
or gambling transaction. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ASPHAR, THE POOL. ...
/p/pool.htm - 40k Tekoa (12 Occurrences)
... British and American) "Tekoah") and pitched their tents (the Revised Version (British
and American) "encamped") by the water of the pool Asphar" (1 Maccabees 9 ...
/t/tekoa.htm - 15k Aspharasus
/a/aspharasus.htm - 6k Asphalt (2 Occurrences)
/a/asphalt.htm - 7k Smith's Bible Dictionary Aspharthe pool in the "wilderness of Thecoe." 1 Macc. 9:33. Is it possible that the name is a corruption of lacus Asphaltites' International Standard Bible Encyclopedia ASPHAR, THE POOLas'-far, (lakkos Asphar): When Jonathan and Simon fled from Bacchides they encamped by this pool in the wilderness of Tekoa (1 Maccabees 9:33; Ant, XIII, i, 2). It is probably identical with Ez-Za`feraneh, a ruined site with an ancient cistern, to the South of Tekoa, and East of Chalchul. Bir Selhub about 6 miles Southwest of `Ain Jidy is favored by some (EB, under the word), the hills around it being known as Cafra, in which there may be a survival of the old name. |
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