Gath-he'pher, or Git'tah-he'pher
(wine-press on the hill), a town on the border of the territory of Zebulun, not far from Japhia, now 'Yafa,
celebrated as the native place of the prophet Jonah.
El-Meshhad, a village two-miles east of Sefurieh, is the ancient Gath-hepher.
Then it turned from Sarid to the east toward the sunrise as far as the border of Chisloth-tabor, and it proceeded to Daberath and up to Japhia. From there it continued eastward toward the sunrise to Gath-hepher, to Eth-kazin, and it proceeded to Rimmon which stretches to Neah.
He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the LORD, the God of Israel, which He spoke through His servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher.
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