Dictionary

Shaphat

Easton's Dictionary

Judge. (1.) One of the spies. He represented the tribe of Simeon (Num. 13:5).

(2.) The father of Elisha (1 Kings 19:16-19).

(3.) One of David’s chief herdsmen (1 Chr. 27:29).

Smith's Dictionary

(judge). 1.The Simeonite spy, son of Hori. (Numbers 13:5) (B.C. 1490).

The father of the prophet Elisha. (1 Kings 19:18,19; 2 Kings 3:11; 6:31) (B.C. before 900.) One of the six sons of Shemaiah in the royal line of Judah. (1 Chronicles 3:22) (B.C. 350.) One of the chiefs of the Gadites in Bashan. (1 Chronicles 5:12) (B.C. 750.) The son of Adlai, who was over David’s oxen in the valleys. (1 Chronicles 27:29) (B.C. 1020.)