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SHAPHIR

(Heb. šāpîr)

A city probably located in the Philistine Plain, mentioned in Mic. 1:11 along with a number of other cities destroyed by Sennacherib in his march from the southwest toward Jerusalem. Micah appears to play on the names of the cities, to emphasize the destruction brought by the enemy. That Sennacherib destroyed Shaphir (“glittering” or “beautiful”) heightens his crime. Perhaps, too, the word is a play on Heb. šôpār, and the prophet calls on the inhabitants of Shaphir to sound the alarm.

Richard A. Spencer






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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