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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904) · Public Domain

Raphon (Hastings' Dictionary)

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904)· Public Domain

A city in R.ashan, ' bevond the wjidy ' {ir^pav tov x^'M^ippoi'), near which 1 imo- theus sustained a defeat at the hands of Judas Maccabaius ( 1 Mac 5^). It is no doubt the Itnphana of Pliny (HN v. 16), but the site has not yet been identified. C. R. CoNDER.

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