Joshua 12:17
The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
The king of Tappuah, one,.... Which Jerom calls {l} Thaffu; it signifies an apple, and perhaps had its name from plenty of that fruit that grew there: a city of this name fell to the tribe of Judah,
Joshua 15:34; where also was another place called Bethtappuah,
Joshua 15:53; and both different from another Tappuah on the border of Manasseh, which belonged to the tribe of Ephraim, Joshua 17:8; by some thought to be meant here:
The king of Hepher, one; mention is made of Gittahhepher as on the border of Zebulun, Joshua 19:13; the same with Gathhepher, of which place was the Prophet Jonah, 2 Kings 14:25; and of the land of Hepher in 1 Kings 4:10; which is said by Jerom to be in the same tribe, and not far from Diocaesarea or Zippore; and we read of a Chepher or Hepher in the Jewish writings {m}, which, according to the account of it there given, could not be far from the same place, at least it must be less than twelve miles from it.
{l} De loc. Heb. fol. 95. C.
{m} T. Hieros. Sheviith, fol. 37. 3. Vajikra Rabba, sect. 20. fol. 161. 4.