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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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ZOPHIM . The ‘field of Zophim’ was one of the spots to which Balak took Balaam to view Israel, Numbers 23:14 (JE [Note: Jewish Encyclopedia.] ). It is questionable whether we have here a proper name; the Heb. expression means literally field of viewers or lookers out.’ Such ‘places of watching’ were naturally situated frequently on the tops of hills. On the impossible combination Rama-thaim-zophim of 1 Samuel 1:1 see Ramah, 4 .

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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Zophim'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​z/zophim.html. 1909.
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