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Sepharvaim is a town in the Bible, about 319 km (198 miles) north-east of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 6 verses, from 2 Kings 17:24 to Isaiah 37:13.
Taken by Sargon, king of Assyria (2 Kings 17:24; 18:34; 19:13; Isa. 37:13). It was a double city, and received the common name Sepharvaim, i.e., “the two Sipparas,” or “the two booktowns.” The Sippara on the east bank of the Euphrates is now called Abu-Habba; that on the other bank was Accad, the old capital of Sargon I., where he established a great library. The recent discovery of cuneiform inscriptions at Tel el-Amarna in Egypt, consisting of official despatches to Pharaoh Amenophis IV. and his predecessor from their agents in Palestine, proves that in the century before the Exodus an active literary intercourse was carried on between these nations, and that the medium of the correspondence was the Babylonian language and script.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
Sepharvaim is a town about 319 km (198 miles) north-east of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.
The King James Version names Sepharvaim in 6 verses, in 2 books, from 2 Kings 17:24 to Isaiah 37:13.
The verses that name Sepharvaim also name Adrammelech and Anammelech.