Achshaph

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Tel Keisan
, possible location of Achshaph

Achshaph (

Canaanites, in the north of Canaan (Josh. 11:1; 12:20; 19:25). The name means "sorcery".[2]

Location

Achshaph was in the eastern boundary of the tribe of Asher. There are several opinions as to its exact location, including Tell Keisan, Tell Regev,[3] Tell Harbaj and Tell an-Nakhl.[4] In the Greek Septuagint, in various manuscripts, depending on the passage, its name is given in the forms Azeiph, Achsaph, Achas, Keaph, Achiph, Acheib, and Chasaph.[5]

History

M17 A2 V31
O34
Q3 D12
or
M17 A2 V31
O34
Q3 D12		 N25
jksp[1][6]
in hieroglyphs
Era: New Kingdom
(1550–1069 BC)

The 1350 BC

Habiru are attacking city-states, and Abdi-Heba of Jerusalem, Surata of Acco, Šuwardata of Qiltu
(?), and Endaruta are aiding each other.

Only one extremely short letter–EA 223 (

lord
, orders, I shall prepare."

But one perfectly preserved letter from Pharaoh, to Endaruta of Akšapa is known, EA 367. Its topic is to guard (and defend) Akšapa and to prepare for "troop arrivals"-(the archer-forces).

The third and only other reference in the Amarna letters corpus is from letter EA 366 (from Šuwardata of Qiltu (?)), and the letter states:

"...only '
'Apiru. Surata, the ruler of Akka
, and Endaruta, the ruler of Akšapa, these two also came to my aid, ..."

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Gauthier, Henri (1925). Dictionnaire des Noms Géographiques Contenus dans les Textes Hiéroglyphiques Vol. 1. p. 112.
  2. ^ Cheyne and Black (1899), Encyclopaedia Biblica, entry for "Achshaph."[1]
  3. ^ "Tel Kisson". biblewalks.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-03. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  4. ISBN 978-0-567-19417-6
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  5. ^ Cheyne and Black (1899), Encyclopaedia Biblica, entry for "Achshaph." [2]
  6. ^ Wallis Budge, E. A. (1920). An Egyptian hieroglyphic dictionary: with an index of English words, king list and geological list with indexes, list of hieroglyphic characters, coptic and semitic alphabets, etc. Vol II. John Murray. p. 965.
  7. ISBN 978-0-567-19417-6
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  8. ISBN 978-0-7425-4334-8
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External links

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Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Achshaph". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.

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