1. Settlement of the Negeb, at the southern extremity of the tribe of Judah (Josh. 15:24), founded by Mesha the Calebite (1 Chron. 2:42); today Hirbet ez-Zejfeh, 6 km southwest of Kurnub.
2. Settlement mentioned among the cities of Judah, situated in the hill country between Maon and Carmel (Josh. 15:55), of which a memory survives in the name of Tell ez-Zif, about 7 km southeast of Hebron. Fortified by Rehoboam (2 Chron. 10:8), it was still inhabited in the 4th century (Eusebius, Onomast., 92, 15). From the city took its name the desert that extended eastward as far as the Dead Sea, where David took refuge to escape the wrath of Saul (1 Sam. 23:14). The place of the meeting with Jonathan, Hóršáh, is identified with Hirbet Hurésah about 2 km southwest of Tell ez-Zif; and the place of the hiding, Gibh'ath ha-Hákhiláh (1 Sam. 23:19), is identified with Qabrat el-Kólá.
BibliographyB. Ubach, Excursion aux déserts d'Engaddi, Zif et Maon, in Rev. biblique, 53 (1946), pp. 248-59.
BIBL.: B. Ubach, Excursion aux déserts d'Engaddi, Zif et Maon, in Rev. biblique, 53 (1946), pp. 248-59.
Baldi, Donato. “Ziph.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, col. 1802. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954. https://azioneromana.com/article/ziph.
MLA
Baldi, Donato. “Ziph.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954, col. 1802. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/ziph.
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@incollection{ec12_ziph,
author = {Baldi, Donato},
title = {Ziph},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {XII},
pages = {1802},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1954},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/ziph}
}
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