place
Uphaz
אוּפָז
Uphaz, a place mentioned in the Bible, known for its high-quality gold (Jer. 10:9; Dan. 10:5).
- verses
- 2
- first named
- Jeremiah 10:9
- last named
- Daniel 10:5
- feature
- island
Description
Uphaz in the text
Uphaz is mentioned twice in the Bible as a place known for its fine gold. In Jeremiah 10:9, the prophet describes the idols of the nations as being adorned with gold from Uphaz and silver from Tarshish, emphasizing the precious materials used in their construction. In Dan.10.5, the prophet Daniel has a vision of a man clothed in linen, whose waist was girded with gold from Uphaz. The use of gold from Uphaz in both passages suggests that it was highly valued and associated with wealth and luxury. The exact location of Uphaz is uncertain, and some scholars believe it may be a variant spelling or a copyist's error for Ophir, another region famous for its gold in the Bible (1Kgs. 9:28; 10:11; 22:48; 1Chr. 29:4; 2Chr. 8:18; 9:10; Job.22.24; 28:16; Ps. 45:9; Isa. 13:12). However, others maintain that Uphaz was a distinct place, possibly located in the Arabian Peninsula or the Near East, known for its high-quality gold. Regardless of its exact location, the mention of Uphaz in the Bible underscores the importance and value placed on gold in ancient Near Eastern cultures.
Relations
Direct connections
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The pattern
Where Uphaz 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.
2 verses across 2 of 66 books; 64 write the name nowhere. Named in Jeremiah (1) and Daniel (1).
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Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 2, across 2 books.
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Where they appear
What happened here
Atlas's reading of each chapter this place appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.
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