Hepher
חֵפֶר/HEE-fer/
“A well or a pit; or shame”
Summary
Hepher was a Canaanite city and district conquered by Joshua; also the name of the ancestor of Zelophehad's daughters, a son of Ashur, and one of David's warriors.
☩The City and District
Hepher was a royal Canaanite city whose king Joshua defeated. "The land of Hepher," in the vicinity of Sochoh and Aruboth, was assigned to Ben-Hesed as one of Solomon's provisioning districts. The location appears to be in the western foothills of Ephraim/Manasseh.
Key verses:Joshua 12:171 Kings 4:10
☩Son of Gilead
Hepher was the youngest son of Gilead and great-grandson of Manasseh, from whom came the Hepherites. His son Zelophehad had no sons but five daughters, whose appeal to Moses established the principle that daughters could inherit when there were no male heirs.
Key verses:Numbers 26:32-33Numbers 27:1Joshua 17:2-3
Related Verses11 mentions
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Hepher," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IV (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.George Morrish, "Hepher," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).
- 3.F. N. Peloubet & M. A. Peloubet (ed.), "Hepher," in Smith's Bible Dictionary (Porter & Coates, 1884).
- 4.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Hepher," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).