First name Shaphat in the world's Bibles
In the bible, Shaphat is the name of the 1 of the 12 spies- from Simeon (NUM 13:5), as well as name of father of Elisha the prophet (1KI 19:16), son of Shecaniah (1CH 3:22), second chief (1CH 5:12) in Bashan, Gadite (1CH 5:11), and in charge of David's cattle in the valleys, son of Adlai (1CH 27:29). Meaning of the name: judge. Related names are: Elisha, Israel, Elijah . The translations of Shaphat in 20 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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below, from Sa-Phát in Vietnamese to שָׁפָ֖ט in Hebrew!
Wear it!Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. (NUM 13:5)
And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. (1KI 19:16)
So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him. (1KI 19:19)
But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may inquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah. (2KI 3:11)
Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day. (2KI 6:31)
And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah; and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. (1CH 3:22)
Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan. (1CH 5:12)
And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai: (1CH 27:29)