Bible Encyclopedias
Asphar the Pool
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
as´far , (λάκκος Ἀσφάρ , lákkos Asphár ): When Jonathan and Simon fled from Bacchides they encamped by this pool in the wilderness of Tekoa (1 Macc 9:33; Ant , XIII , i, 2). It is probably identical with Ez -Za‛ferāneh , a ruined site with an ancient cistern, to the South of Tekoa, and East of Ḥalḥūl . Bı̂r Selhub about 6 miles Southwest of ‛Ain Jidy is favored by some (EB , under the word), the hills around it being known as Ṣafrā , in which there may be a survival of the old name.
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Asphar the Pool'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/a/asphar-the-pool.html. 1915.