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Aphses

הַפִּצֵּץ/AF-seez/

“The dispersion”

Summary

The head of the eighteenth course of priests established by David for service in the temple.

☩Identity

Aphses (more properly Pizzez) was the head of the eighteenth of the twenty-four sacerdotal families into which the priests were divided by David for the service of the temple. This system organized the temple priests into rotating courses of duty.

Key verses:1 Chronicles 24:15

Related Verses1 mention

1 Chronicles· 1 verse

24:15

References

  1. 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Aphses," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. I (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
  2. 2.George Morrish, "Aphses," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).