Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(north), a place mentioned in the enumeration of the allotment of the tribe of Gad. (Joshua 13:27)
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
ZA'PHON (the north), a city of Gad, east of the Jordan. "in the valley." Josh 13:27. The word translated "northward" in Jud 12:1 is rendered in the Septuagint "to Zaphon." The Talmud identifies it as Amathus, and it is now represented by the ruined site Amateh, south-east of the Sea of Galilee.