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Irpeel (2)

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

is conjectured by Conder (Tent Work, 2:337), to be represented by the modern Rafat, as two of the radical letters are the same. This place lies one and a half miles north of el-Jib (Gibeon), and is thus described in the Memoirs accompanying the Ordnance Survey (3:13, also 155): "A small hamlet on a ridge, with a spring to the west, and many rock-cut tombs.... Traces of ruins: cisterns cut in rocks, and rough pillar-shafts, with ruins of a modern village and a Mukan.

Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Irpeel (2)'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​i/irpeel-2.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.