HEPHER:

By: Emil G. Hirsch, Max Schloessinger

1. A son of Gilead (Num. xxvi. 32, xxvii. 1; Josh. xvii. 2-3). The clan was known as the Hepherites (Num. xxvi. 32). 2. One of David's captains (I Chron. xi. 36). 3. Member of the tribe of Judah (I Chron. iv. 6). 4. Royal city of the Canaanites, the site of which is unknown (Josh. xii. 17; comp. I Kings iv. 10).

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