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Smith's Bible Dictionary
Rephah
a son of Ephraim, and ancestor of Joshua. (1 Chronicles 7:26)
Rephaiah
(healed of Jehovah).
•The sons of Rephaiah appear among the descendants of Zerubbabel in (1 Chronicles 3:21)
•A Simeonite chieftain in the reign of Hezekiah. (1 Chronicles 4:42) (B.C. 727.)
•Son of Tola the son of Issachar. (1 Chronicles 7:2)
•Son of Binea, and descendant of Saul. (1 Chronicles 9:43)
•The son of Hur, and ruler of a portion of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 3:9) (B.C. 441.)
Rephaim
[Giants]
Rephaim, The Valley Of
(1 Samuel 5:18,22; 23:13; 1 Chronicles 11:15; 14:9; Isaiah 17:5) also in (Joshua 15:8) and Josh
18:16 It is translated in the Authorized Version “the valley of the giants,” a spot which was the
scene of some of David’s most remarkable adventures. He twice encountered and defeated the
Philistines there. (2 Samuel 5:17-25; 23:13) etc. Since the latter part of the sixteenth century the
name has been attached to the upland plain which stretches south of Jerusalem and is crossed by
the road to Bethlehem—the el Buk’ah of the modern Arabs. (This valley begins near the valley of
Hinnom, southwest of Jerusalem extending toward Bethlehem. It is about a mile long, with hills
on either side. This agrees with Josephus and is the generally-accepted location of this valley.—ED.)
Tobler, however, in his last investigations conclusively adopts the Wady Der Jasin, on the northwest
of Jerusalem. The valley appears to derive its name from the ancient nation of the Rephaim. [Giants]
Rephan
the reading, in the Revised Version, for Remphan, (Acts 7:43)
Rephidim
(Exodus 17:1,8; 19:2) The name means rests or stays, i.e. resting places. The place lies in the
march of the Israelites from Egypt to Sinai. Its site is not certain, but it is perhaps Wady Feiran, a
rather broad valley about 25 miles from Jebel Musa (Mount Sinai). Others place it in Wady es
Sheikh, an eastern continuation of Feiran, and about 12 miles from Sinai. Here the Israelites fought
their first battle and gained their first victory after leaving Egypt, the Amalekites having attacked
them; here also the people murmured from thirst, and Moses brought water for them out of the
rock. From this murmuring the place was called “Massah” and “Meribah.”
Resen
(bridle), (Genesis 10:12) one of the cities built by Asshur, “between Nineveh and Calah.”
Assyrian remains of some considerable extent are found near the modern village of Selamiyeh, and
it is perhaps the most probable conjecture that these represent Resen.
Resheph
(flame), a son of Ephraim. (1 Chronicles 7:25)
Reu
(friend), son of Peleg, in the line of Abraham’s ancestors. (Genesis 11:18,19,20,21; 1 Chronicles
1:25) (B.C. about 2213.)
Reuben
(behold a son), Jacob’s firstborn Child, (Genesis 29:32) the son of Leah. (B.C. 1753.) The
notices of the patriarch Reuben give, on the whole a favorable view of his disposition. To him and
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