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RAPHON

A town where Judas Maccabeus and his troops defeated the Syrian commander Timothy (1 Macc 5:37-43). It was near Carnaim, and since Carnaim is the same as Ashteroth-karnaim (the modern Sheikh Sa’ad), Raphon is probably er-Rafeh on the Nahr el-Ehreir.