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Asphar
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
ASPHAR ( 1Ma 9:33 ). A pool in the desert of Tekoa, or Jeshimon, where Jonathan and Simon the Maccabees encamped. The site is not known with certainty, although it may plausibly be identified with the mod. Bîr Selhûb , a reservoir 6 miles W.S.W. of Engedi.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Asphar'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/a/asphar.html. 1909.