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Sepharvaim
סְפַרְוַ֫יִם
Sepharvaim was one of the cities from which the Assyrians brought people to resettle in Samaria after the deportation of the Israelites (2Ki. 17:24, 31; 18:34; 19:13; Isa. 36:19; 37:13).
- verses
- 6
- first named
- 2 Kings 17:24
- last named
- 2 Kings 17:31
- feature
- settlement
- coordinates
- 33.06°N · 44.25°E
Sippar (OpenBible)
The gazetteer records one identification, and no competing one.
Description
Sepharvaim in the text
Sepharvaim is mentioned in the Bible as one of the cities from which the Assyrians brought people to resettle in Samaria after the deportation of the Israelites (2Ki. 17:24, 31). The people of Sepharvaim, along with those from other cities, were brought in to replace the exiled Israelites and to populate the cities of Samaria. These foreign settlers brought with them their own gods and religious practices, including the worship of Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim (2Ki. 17:31). The exact location of Sepharvaim is uncertain, but it is mentioned alongside other cities conquered by the Assyrians, such as Hamath and Arpad (2Ki. 18:34; 19:13; Isa. 36:19; 37:13). Some scholars propose that Sepharvaim may be identified with the Babylonian city of Sippar, located on the east bank of the Euphrates River, while others suggest it could be a city in Syria or Cilicia. The resettlement of people from Sepharvaim and other cities in Samaria contributed to the mixed religious and cultural background of the Samaritans, who were later regarded with animosity by the Jews.
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Direct connections
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The pattern
Where Sepharvaim is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
6 verses across 2 of 66 books; 64 write the name nowhere. Named in 2 Kings (4) and Isaiah (2).
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Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 6, across 2 books. The name is written 7 times in them.
Onward
Where this page goes
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