ASPHAR
Watering hole in the Tekoa wilderness, perhaps the modern Bir Selhub south of Engedi. Jonathan and Simon Maccabeus camped at Asphar when fleeing from the Syrians under General Bacchides (1 Macc 9:33).
Watering hole in the Tekoa wilderness, perhaps the modern Bir Selhub south of Engedi. Jonathan and Simon Maccabeus camped at Asphar when fleeing from the Syrians under General Bacchides (1 Macc 9:33).