<strong>SHAPHAT</strong> (shā'făt, Heb. <em>shāphāt, he has judged</em>)<br /><br />

The son of Hori, chosen from the tribe of Simeon to spy out the land of Canaan (<bibleref ref="Num.13.5">Num.13.5</bibleref>).The father of Elisha the prophet (<bibleref ref="1Kgs.19.16">1Kgs.19.16</bibleref>, <bibleref ref="1Kgs.19.19">1Kgs.19.19</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="2Kgs.3.11">2Kgs.3.11</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="2Kgs.6.31">2Kgs.6.31</bibleref>).A Gadite chief in Bashan (<bibleref ref="1Chr.5.12">1Chr.5.12</bibleref>).A son of Adlai, one of David’s herdsmen (<bibleref ref="1Chr.27.29">1Chr.27.29</bibleref>).The last-named son of Shemaiah, a descendant of the royal line of David (<bibleref ref="1Chr.3.22">1Chr.3.22</bibleref>). Shemaiah’s is said here to have had six sons, but the fact that only five are actually named shows that one name has probably been lost in the process of the transmission of the text. Or possibly Shemaiah is to be understood as the sixth brother, rather than the father of the five listed.<br /><br />

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<strong>SHAPHAT</strong> <strong>shāf’ ăt</strong> (<span class="hebrew">שָׁפָ֔ט</span>; LXX <span class="greek">Σαφάτ</span>; <em>judged</em>). 1. The father of the prophet Elisha (<bibleref ref="1Kgs.19.16">1 Kings 19:16</bibleref>, <bibleref ref="1Kgs.19.19">19</bibleref>, <bibleref ref="1Kgs.19.20">20</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="2Kgs.3.11">2 Kings 3:11</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="2Kgs.6.31">6:31</bibleref>). He was from the town of Abelmeholah E of the <span class="auto-link">[[Jordan River]]</span>, prob. Tell el-Maqlub on the Wadi el-Yabis. Shaphat lived to see his son named to assume the mantle of Elijah.<br /><br />

2. A son of Hori and of the tribe of Simeon (<bibleref ref="Num.13.5">Num 13:5</bibleref>). He represented his tribe as one of the twelve spies sent out by Moses from the wilderness of Paran to survey the nature of Canaan prior to the Israelite conquest of the Promised Land.

3. The youngest of the six sons of Shemaiah although only five are named in <bibleref ref="1Chr.3.22">1 Chronicles 3:22</bibleref>. He was a grandson of Zerubbabel and of the royal line of the house of David.<br /><br />

4. A son of Adlai. He was one of King David’s herdsmen of the flocks in the valleys (<bibleref ref="1Chr.27.29">1 Chron 27:29</bibleref>).

5. One of the sons of Gad who lived in the land of Bashan (<bibleref ref="1Chr.5.12">1 Chron 5:12</bibleref>).

<h2>International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)</h2>

(shaphat):iah, one of the 70 men whom Ezekiel saw, in his vision of the Temple, sacrificing to idols (<bibleref ref="Ezek.8.11">Eze 8:11</bibleref>).<br /><br />

(1) The Simeonite spy (<bibleref ref="Num.13.5">Nu 13:5</bibleref>, Saphat).

(2) The father of the prophet Elisha (<bibleref ref="1Kgs.19.16">1Ki 19:16</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="2Kgs.3.11">2Ki 3:11</bibleref>, Septuagint Saphath).

(3) A name in the royal genealogy of Judah (<bibleref ref="1Chr.3.22">1Ch 3:22</bibleref>).

(4) A Gadite (<bibleref ref="1Chr.5.12">1Ch 5:12</bibleref>).

(5) One of David’s herdsmen (<bibleref ref="1Chr.27.29">1Ch 27:29</bibleref>).