place
Zaphon
צָפוֹן
Zaphon, a city allotted to the tribe of Gad, also used as a term for the north or the heavenly dwelling place of God (Josh. 13:27; Judg. 12:1; Ps. 48:2; Isa. 14:13).
- verses
- 3
- first named
- Joshua 13:27
- last named
- Isaiah 14:13
- feature
- settlement
- coordinates
- 32.27°N · 35.58°E
Tell es Sa’idiyeh (OpenBible)
Scholarship offers 4 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.
Description
Zaphon in the text
Zaphon has two distinct meanings in the Bible. First, it is the name of a city allotted to the tribe of Gad in the division of the Promised Land (Josh. 13:27). This city was located in the Jordan Valley, near the Sea of Chinnereth (Galilee). Second, Zaphon is used as a term for the north or the heavenly dwelling place of God. In Psalm 48:2, Mount Zion is described as being "in the far north," using the term "Zaphon" to emphasize its sacred status. In Isaiah 14:13, the king of Babylon is portrayed as aspiring to ascend to heaven and sit on the mount of assembly "in the far reaches of the north" (Zaphon), symbolizing his desire to usurp God's authority. The term "Zaphon" is also mentioned in Judges 12:1, where the Ephraimites gathered in Zaphon before confronting Jephthah. The dual usage of Zaphon in the Bible highlights the interplay between physical locations and spiritual symbolism in the biblical narrative.
Relations
Direct connections
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Stands in the same events as
- Lucifer1 event
The pattern
Where Zaphon 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.
3 verses across 3 of 66 books; 63 write the name nowhere. Named in Joshua (1), Psalms (1) and Isaiah (1).
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Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 3, across 3 books.
Onward
Where this page goes
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