Casiphia
casiphia
silver, a place between Babylon and Jerusalem, where Iddo resided (Ezra 8:17); otherwise unknown.
Historical Examples
There was a community of Levites at a place called casiphia, under the direction of a leader named Iddo.
Expositor’s Bible: Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther Walter Adeney
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