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ZAPHON

(Heb. zāpôn)

(CITY)

A city on the eastern side of the Jordan River, taken from Sihon and given to the tribe of Gad (Josh. 13:27). Later it became a battleground between the forces of Jephthah and Ephraimites who assailed Jephthah for not inviting them to pursue the Ammonites (Judg. 12:1). Zaphon probably appears in the Egyptian records of 18th Dynasty as Dapuna, and in the Amarna Letters as Sapuna. It is generally identified as modern Tell el-Qôs (208182), 5 km. (3 mi.) N of Deir ʿAlla on the N side of the Wadi Raǵib.

Bibliography. N. Glueck, “Three Israelite Towns in the Jordan Valley: Zarethan, Succoth, Zaphon,” BASOR 90 (1943): 2-23.

Zeljko Gregor






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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