SEPHARVAIM

(Seph·ar·vaʹim).

A city from which the king of Assyria brought people to dwell in Samaria after the Israelites had been taken into exile. (2 Ki. 17:24) Earlier, Sepharvaim and its king appear to have experienced defeat at the hands of the Assyrians. (2 Ki. 19:13; Isa. 37:13) Being mentioned along with places in Syria and Babylonia, Sepharvaim was perhaps in one of these areas. Tentative identifications include Sippar on the Euphrates N of Babylon, and Sibraim (Ezek. 47:16) between Hamath and Damascus.