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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Gath-kephr (Gath-hepher)
Jonah was born here, in Zebulun's territory, though the town is better known as Gath-hepher. Local tradition puts his tomb in the village of Mashhad by a hill called Nebi Yunus, near Nazareth.
Jonah was born here, in Zebulun's territory, though the town is better known as Gath-hepher. Local tradition puts his tomb in the village of Mashhad by a hill called Nebi Yunus, near Nazareth.
Town in Zebulun's territory (Josh. 19:13), better known as Gath-hepher, birthplace of the prophet Jonah (2 Kings 14:25). Local tradition places Jonah's tomb near the site, in the village now called Mashhad next to a hill called Nebi Yunus, close to Nazareth.
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- Joshua 19:13
- 2 Kings 14:25
