H6859 H6859
Zephathah (valley near Mareshah in Judah)
This place name designates a valley near Mareshah where King Asa of Judah met the invading Ethiopian army. 2 Chronicles 14:10 locates the battle 'in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.' Though the precise location is debated (the Septuagint translated it as 'to the north,' leading some to emend the text), it clearly identifies a geographical feature associated with Mareshah in Judah's Shephelah region. Here Asa's much smaller army won a decisive victory by trusting in the Lord.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Geographic name of a valley near Mareshah where Asa confronted the massive Ethiopian invasion. 2 Chronicles 14:10 identifies this valley as the battle site where Judah's king cried out to the Lord and witnessed divine intervention, routing an army of a million men. 1×
AR["صَفاتَةَ"]·ben["সফাতা"]·DE["[צפתה]"]·EN["Zephathah"]·FR["[צפתה]"]·heb["צפתה"]·HI["सपाता"]·ID["Zefata"]·IT["[צפתה]"]·jav["Zéfata"]·KO["스바다"]·PT["Tsefatá"]·RU["Цефата"]·ES["Tsefatah"]·SW["Sefatha"]·TR["Tsefatah'nın"]·urd["صفتہ"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† צְפַ֫תָה n.pr.loc. in Judah (van d. H. צְפָתָה, so Kit); בְּגֵיא צ׳ לְמָרֵשָׁה 2 Ch 14:9; 𝔊 κατὰ βορρᾶν, whence Hi al. proposes צָפֹנָה, so BuhlLex.