Saphir
Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)
(fair), one of the villages addressed by the prophet Micha, (Micah 1:11) is described by Eusebius and jerome as “in the mountain district between Eleutheropolis and Ascalon,” perhaps represented by the village es-Sawafir, seven or eight miles to the northeast of Ascalon.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
Beautiful, a town of Judah (Micah 1:11), identified with es-Suafir, 5 miles south-east of Ashdod.
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