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H8199; judge; Shaphat, the name of four Israelites:--Shaphat.
Shaphat = "judged" or "he hath judged"
- son of Hori and the prince of Simeon chosen to spy out the promised land
- father of the prophet Elisha
- a Judaite, son of Shemaiah and descendant of Zerubbabel in the royal line of Judah
- a chief of the tribe of Gad
- son of Adlai and chief herdsman for David over the herds in the valleys
