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Reference: Zuph

Easton

honeycomb, a Kohathite Levite, ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel (1Sa 1:1); called also Zophai (1Ch 6:26).

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Fausets

Samuel's ancestor (1Sa 1:1); ZOPHAI in 1Ch 6:26.

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Hastings

1. An ancestor of Samuel (1Sa 1:1; 1Ch 6:35 (20); called in 1Ch 6:26 (11) Zophai). 2. The land of Zuph (1Sa 9:5) probably derived its name from having been originally settled by the family of Zuph. The gentilic name Zuphite probably underlies the name Ramathaim-zophim of 1Sa 1:1. No known site can be said to contain any certain trace of the name Zuph.

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Morish

1. An Ephrathite (and Kohathite). Ancestor of Samuel the prophet. 1Sa 1:1; 1Ch 6:35. Called ZOPHAI in 1Ch 6:26.

2. Land adjoining the portion of Benjamin. 1Sa 9:5. Not identified.

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Smith

(honeycomb), The land of, a district at which Saul and his servant arrived after passing through the possessions of Shalisha, of Shalim and of the Benjamites.

1Sa 9:5

only. It evidently contained the city in which they encountered Samuel, ver. 6, and that again was certainly not far from the "tomb of Rachel." It may perhaps be identified with Soba, a well-known place about seven miles due west of Jerusalem.

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