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Sepharvaim
Holman Bible Dictionary
(SSee fahr vay' ihm) Racial name of foreign origin. Peoples the Assyrians conquered and resettled in Israel to replace the Israelites they deported in 722 B.C. (2 Kings 17:24 ). The name may represent the two Sippars on the Euphrates River or Shabarain in Syria. It may be the same as Sibraim in Syria (Ezekiel 47:16 ), a border in Ezekiel's promised restoration of Israel. Despite Assyria's claims, Sepharvaim's gods could not compare with Yahweh, the God of Israel (2 Kings 19:12-13; compare 2 Kings 17:31 ).
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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Sepharvaim'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/s/sepharvaim.html. 1991.