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• זִיף , זִיף

Ziph. (battlement). The name of two towns in Judah.

1. In the south, named between Ithnan and Telem. Joshua 15:24. It does not appear again in the history, nor has any trace of has been met with.

2. In the highland district, named between Carmel and Juttah. Joshua 15:55. The place is immortalized by its connection with David. 1 Samuel 23:14-15; 1 Samuel 23:24; 1 Samuel 26:2. These passages show that, at that time, it had near it a wilderness, (that is, a waste pasture-ground), and a wood. The latter has disappeared, but the former remains. The name of Zif, found about three miles south of Hebron, is attached to a rounded hill of some 100 feet in height, which is called Tell Zif.

3. Son of Jehaleleel. 1 Chronicles 4:16.