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Rezeph

רֶ֫צֶף · re.tseph · H7530“pavement; burning coal” Hitchcock's 18692 mentions in 2 books, most in 2 Kings (1)

Where it is

TiphsahTiphsahHaranHaranAmawAmawAramAramCarchemishCarchemishGozanGozanRezephabout 356 km across

35.95° N, 39.02° E · ~; from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resafa

Coordinates and map: OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding · CC BY 4.0 · drawn without map tiles

Mentioned most in

2 Kings · 1Isaiah · 1
Counted from 2 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

About this place

Rezeph is mentioned in the Bible as one of the cities conquered by the Assyrians. It appears in a letter from the Assyrian king Sennacherib to Hezekiah, king of Judah, boasting about the Assyrian conquests (2Ki. 19:12; Isa. 37:12). The letter implies that Rezeph was a significant city, but its gods were unable to save it from the Assyrians. The exact location of Rezeph is uncertain, but it was likely situated in the region of Syria or Mesopotamia.

Article: STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

Every mention

2 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

2 Kings 1 mention

2 Kings 19:12Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed—Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?

Isaiah 1 mention

Isaiah 37:12Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?

What the dictionary says

Solid; a stone, (2 Kings 19:12; Isa. 37:12), a fortress near Haran, probably on the west of the Euphrates, conquered by Sennacherib.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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