Bible Location
Meaning: place for a watchman · 1 cross reference · Modern-day map available
Zophim was the lookout place on Pisgah where Balak brought Balaam to view Israel. It is important because it frames one of the Bible's most striking scenes in which intended curse becomes blessing. First appears in Num 23:14.1
Place meaning
place for a watchman
Coordinates
31.77, 35.73
First appears
Num 23:14
AI summary: Zophim matters because it is not just a vantage point but the setting of prophetic reversal. From this height Balak hopes to control the outcome, yet Balaam can only speak what God gives, so the place becomes associated with vision, watchfulness, and divine sovereignty.1
Place meaning
place for a watchman
Latitude
31.77
Longitude
35.73
Bible references
1
Field of watchers, a place in Moab on the range of Pisgah (Num. 23:14). To this place Balak brought Balaam, that he might from thence curse the children of Israel. Balaam could only speak the word of the Lord, and that was blessing. It is the modern Tal’at-es-Safa. (See PISGAH.) 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.