Gath-hepher, or Gittah-hepher
(wine-press on the hill), a town on the border of the territory of Zebulun, not far from Japhia, now 'Yafa, Jos 19:12,13 celebrated as the native place of the prophet Jonah. 2Ki 14:25 El-Meshhad, a village two-miles east of Sefurieh, is the ancient Gath-hepher.
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