Iphtah-El
Iphtah-El
IPHTAH-EL.A ravine N. W. of Hannathon, on the north border of Zebulun (Jos 19:14; Jos 19:27). It is identified by some with the Jotapata (mod. Jeft) of Josephus.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Iphtah-El
ifta-el (, yiphtah-‘el; the King James Version Jiphtah-el): The valley of Iphtah-el lay on the North border of Zebulun (Jos 19:14, Jos 19:27). Northwest of the plain of el-Battauf stands a steep hill, connected only by a low saddle with the hills on the North. The name Tell Jefat suggests the Jotapata of Josephus (BJ, III, vi, 1; vii, 1, etc.), and the place answers well to his description. It probably corresponds to the ancient Iphtah-el. In that case the valley is most probably that which begins at Tell Jefat, passes round the South of Jebel Kaukab, and, as Wady ‘Abelln, opens on the plain of Acre.