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TEPHON

te'-fon (he Tepho): In 1 Macc 9:50, a city of Judea fortified by Bacchides, probably the "Beth-tappuah" of Joshua 15:53, near Hebron. Josephus (Ant., XII, i, 3) calls it "Tochoa."

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Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.