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Haphraim
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or (Hebrew Chaphara'yim, חֲפָרִיַם, two pits; Sept. Ἀφεραϊ v μ, Vulg. Hapharaim), a place near the border of Issachar, mentioned between Shunem and Shihon (Joshua 19:19). Eusebius (Ononast. s.v.Αἰφαρααίμ,) appears to place it six Roman miles north of Leggio; the Apocrypha also possibly speaks of the same place as APHAEREMA (Ἀφαίρεμα, 1 Maccabees 11:34; com-pare 10:30, 38). Schwarz (Palestine, p. 166) was unable to find it. Kiepert ( Wandkarte von Palastina, 1857) locates it near the river Kishon, apparently at Tell eth Thorah (Robinson's Researches, new ed. 3:115). Dr. Thomson (Land and Book, 1, 502) imagines it may be the modern Shefa Amer (the Shefa Omar of Robinson, Researches, new ed. 3 103, "on a ridge overlooking the plain" of Megiddo), which, he says, "in old Arabic authors is written Shephram." (See ISSACHAR).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Haphraim'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/h/haphraim.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
