ZAPHON

(Zaʹphon) [north].

A city assigned to Gad. (Josh. 13:24, 27) It is usually identified with Tell el-Qos, about four miles (c. 6 kilometers) N of the suggested site of Succoth. The name also appears in some translations at Judges 12:1 instead of “northward” (NW).—JB, NE (1970 ed.), RS.