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as´far, (λαÌκκος ἈσφαÌÏ, laÌkkos AsphaÌr): When Jonathan and Simon fled from Bacchides they encamped by this pool in the wilderness of Tekoa (1 Macc 9:33; Ant, XIII, i, 2). It is probably identical with Ez-Za‛feraÌ„neh, a ruined site with an ancient cistern, to the South of Tekoa, and East of HÌ£alhÌ£uÌ„l. Bı̂r Selhub about 6 miles Southwest of ‛Ain Jidy is favored by some (EB, under the word), the hills around it being known as SÌ£afraÌ„, in which there may be a survival of the old name.