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Asphar

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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A pool in the wilderness of Tekoah, where Jonathan and Simon Maccabeus pitched their tents when they fled before the army of Bacchides (I Macc. 9:33; compare Josephus, "Ant." 13:1, § 2). The identification of the place is uncertain, though the evidence points in favor of associating the pool with the modern Bir-Selhut (Smith, "Historical Geography of Palestine," s.; see, however, Buhl, "Geographie des Alten Palästina," p. 158).

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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Asphar'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​a/asphar.html. 1901.
 
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