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Subjects in this Topic:
rē´zef.
1. Forms of the Name:
(רצף, receph; Codex Vaticanus ῬαÌφεις, RhaÌpheis; ῬαÌφες, RhaÌphes; Codex Alexandrinus τὴν ῬαÌφεθ, teÌ„Ìn RhaÌpheth (), B Q margin ῬαÌφεθ, RhaÌpheth Codex Sinaiticus Q ῬαÌφες, RhaÌfes; Codex Alexandrinus Rhapheis (); Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) Roseph (), Reseph ()): One of the places referred to by Sennacherib's Rabshakeh when delivering that king's message to Hezekigh demanding the surrender of Jerusalem. The names which precede are Gozan and Haran; and “the children of Eden that were Telassar†follows.
2. Now Called Rucafa:
It is now represented by RusÌ£afa, East of Tipsah and Northeast of Hamath, and is regarded as the (ῬησαÌφα, RheÌ„saÌpha) of Ptolemy (). It was for some time under Assyrian dominion, and appears in a geographical list (2 R 53, 37a) preceded by Arraph̬a (Arrapachitis) and H̬alah̬h̬u (Halah), and followed by Tamnunu, uder the form of RasÌ£appa (elsewhere RasÌ£api).
3. Its Assyrian Governors:
From the Eponym Canons, Ninip-kibsi-uṣur was, it appears, prefect in 839 BC, Uraš-ereš from 804 to 775 BC, Sin-šallimanni in 747, and Bel-emuranni in 737 BC. Judging from their names, all these were Assyrians, but a seemingly native governor, Abda'u (or Abda'i), possibly later than the foregoina, is mentioned in a list of officials (K. 9921). Yah̬uṭu was šanû (deputy-governor?) of Rezeph in 673 BC. Its mention in the Assyrian geographical lists implies that Rezeph was an important trade-center in Old Testament times.