Gath-he'pher, or Git'tah-he'pher
(wine-press on the hill), a town on the border of the territory of Zebulun, not far from Japhia, now 'Yafa,
celebrated as the native place of the prophet Jonah.
El-Meshhad, a village two-miles east of Sefurieh, is the ancient Gath-hepher.
From Sarid, it turned east toward the sunrise along the border of Chisloth-tabor, went to Daberath, and went up to Japhia. From there, it went east toward the sunrise to Gath-hepher and to Eth-kazin; it extended to Rimmon, curving around to Neah.
It was he who restored Israel's border from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word the Lord, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant, the prophet Jonah son of Amittai from Gath-hepher.
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