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Shaphir

Ancient site; 10 competing modern identifications, best supported being Tell as Sawafir.

Placesettlementspecial1 verselocation disputed

Where was it?

Scholars do not agree. Every proposal recorded by the source is shown with its support score, so you can see the weight of opinion rather than a single answer.

Proposed site: Tell as Sawafir · settlementOpen in OpenStreetMap

Tell as Sawafir242
31.7132, 34.7042settlement
Khirbet el Qom176
31.5347, 34.9666settlement
Tell Eton118
31.4918, 34.9281tel
Khirbet al Bira5
31.4355, 34.9265settlement
Khirbet Sumara2
31.4184, 34.9318settlement
Khirbet al Simia1
31.4217, 35.0337settlement
Khirbet Anab es Seghireh1
31.4121, 34.9549distance
Khirbet Anab al Kabir1
31.3959, 34.9308distance
Khirbet Fuqeiqis1
31.4887, 34.9826distance
Khirbet Raddana0
31.9121, 35.2020settlement

Name variants

Shaphir (9)
Saphir (1)

References

Micah 1:11

Topical references

A city prophesied against by Micah — Micah 1:11

Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.