Zophim

The ' field of Zophim ' (D-?i- n, f, LXX (h dypou (jKOTnay) was one of the spots to which Balal^ took l'>alaa,m to view Israel, Nu23'*(JE). It is questionable whether we have here a proper name ; the Heb. expression means literally ' Held of viewers or lookers out' (note the addition 'to the top of Pisgah '). Such 'places of watching' (nssa) were naturally situated frequently on the tops of hUls (see Mizpah, vol. iii. p. 400»). On the impossible combination Ramat/uxim-fophim of ISP see art.

Ramah, p. 19S. ZORAH {^sry< BA Zapad, ynth the following e.xceiitions : B in Jos 15^ om., 19^^ Zapde, Jg 13^ ^apdX; A in Jg IS'-^ ^apd, 18- 'Apai ; in Neh 11^ Bx A om., N'^- ' l,apad, Luc. -apd). — A town allotted to Judah, according to Jos 15^; but else- wliere spoken of as Danite, Jos 19", Jg 18, *-" (coupled with EsilTAOL) ; specially noted as the home of SamsoN, Jg 13, ", who was buried between Zorah and Eslitaol, 16^'.

It was fortified by Ruhob'oam, 2 Ch 11'", and is mentioned in Neh 11-'* as peojiled by Judahites after the Captivity. The gentilic name Zorathites (•";?■!>■?) occurs in 1 Ch 2=^ (ol Zapaeam) 4- (B 6 'ApaSei, A 6 ^apaBl, Luc. ^aXadi-qX) and prob. 2" (where read Zoratliites 'r'i'''VO for Zorites "pi'D : B 6 'Ho-apuei, A 6 'Haapacl, Luc. 6 -apaOi). In the latter verse the name Manahalhites (Manoahites) is a reminiscence of Manoah the father of Samson.

^orali is the modern Surah on the northern side of Wddy e^-Surar (the Valley of Sorely) opposite 'Ain Shcms (Beth, shemesh), which lies on the southern side. This corresiionds with the state- ment of Eusebius {OS" 293, 29) that it was 10 miles from Eleutheropolis on tlie road to Nico- polis. It is mentioned under the name Zardn in the Travels of a Mohar (Sayce, HCM 344), and as Zarkha in the Tel el-Aniarna letters (Winckler, No. 173 ; Petrie, No. 265) as attacked by the Khabiri. LlTKRATTRll.

— Robineon. BRP^ Ul. 163; Guirin, Judie, U. 16 ff. : liawleker. Pal.' 163 ; O. A. Smith, HQHL 218 ; Buhl, GAP 90, 195. J. A. SELBIE.