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Bible Encyclopedias
Japhlet
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or (Heb. Yaphlet', יִפְלֵט , deliverer; Sept. Ι᾿αφαλήτ), a son of Heber and great-grandson of Asher; several of his sons are also named (1 Chronicles 7:32-33). B.C. between 1856 and 1658. It appears to have been a branch of his descendants (Japhaletites, יִפְלֵטַי , Heb. Yaphleti', Sept. Ι᾿αφλητί, Vulg. Jephleti, Auth.Version "Japhleti") that are mentioned in Joshua 16:3 as having settled along the border between Ephraim and Dan, near (north of) the present Jaffa road, apparently east of Beth-horon, possibly at the present Beit Unia. Others, however, regard the name in this locality as a trace of one of the petty tribes of aboriginal Canaanites (compare the Archite, "Archi," in the verse preceding, and in 2 Samuel 15:32; the Ophnite, "Ophni," Joshua 18:24).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Japhlet'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/j/japhlet.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
