Casiphia
Casiphia was a place in Babylon where Ezra sent for Levites to join the returning exiles in Jerusalem.
The name Casiphia means “money; covetousness”
PlaceOld Testament1 book1 verse
Summary
Location
- Identified as
- in Babylonia
- Certainty
- Likely (78% of scholarship) · 2 other possible locations
- Coordinates
- 32.543° N, 44.422° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- כָּסִפְיָאCasiphia
Mentions
- And I sent them to Iddo, the leader at Casiphia, with a message for him and his kinsmen, the temple servants at Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.