GOPHNA, Guphna, or Gophnith, the principal place of one of the ten Toparchies Plin. l. 5. c 14. Joseph. l. 3. de Bello, c. 4. Euseb. inof Judæa. Josephus reckons eleven, comprehending Jerusalem in the number. He generally joins this Toparchy with the Acrabatene. Eusebius places the City of Gophna at fifteen miles distance from Jerusalem, in the way to Sichem or Naplouse. Josephus says, that Titus coming from Cæsarea to Jerusalem, passed through Samaria and Gophna; and that VespasianDe Bello, l. 6. c. 1. De Bello, l. 5. c. 8. having subdued the Toparchy of Gophna, and the Acrabatene, took Bethel and Ephrem or Ephraim.
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