Siphmoth
(fruitful), one of the places in the south of Judah which David frequented during his freebooting life. (1 Samuel 30:28)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Siphmoth
Siphmoth sif'-moth, sif'-moth (siphmoth (Ginsburg), shiphamoth (Baer); Saphei): One of the cities to which David sent presents from Ziklag (1Sa 30:28). It occurs between Aroer and Eshtemoa, so it must have been somewhere in Southern Judah. The site has not been recovered. Zabdi the Shiphmite (1Ch 27:27) may quite probably have been a native of this place. ⇒See a list of verses on SIPHMOTH in the Bible. ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible on Siphmoth
One of the places, ' where David ami his men were wont to liaunt,' to which a portion of the spoil of the Amakkites was sent after David's return to Zikla^ (1 S 30=*). It is mentioned with Aroer, now 'Ararah, to tlie east of Beersheba, and Eshtemoa, now es-Semii'a, in the hill-country S. of Hebron. The site was unknown to Eusebius and Jerome (Onom. s. ^a(piifiu6, Sofamo(h), and it has not yet been recovered. It was probably in the Negeb to the S. of Eshtemoa. Rielim {IlU'B) suggests that Zabdi, the Shiphmite (1 Ch 27='), was a native of Siphmoth and not of Shepham — the cliangc from ,S'A to S being easily made, and a few MSS reading Shijih- for Sijih- in 1 Samuel. See Shepuam. C. W. Wilson. 8IPPAI.— See Saph. 8IRACH (BOOK OF).— L History. ii. Importance. tii. Name and Place In the Bible. Iv. Name of ttie Autlior. V. Editions, vi. Orecli Text, vii. Versions and Quotationi. viii. The Svrioc Text ix. The Hebrew Text*. X. CoDtentA and Theology. Literature. (Abbrevlationa In this article : — Ed. =s Edersheim, Commentary on Sirach in Wace, Apocrypha, ii. ; U-N = CowIcy-Neubauer, The ttri'j…
Fausset's Bible Dictionary on Siphmoth
One of David's haunts in southern Judah, to which he sent of the Amalekite spoil (1Sa 30:28).
References
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- Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
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