Jos 15:9 | TNotes | STEP | 15:9 the spring at the waters of Nephtoah: It is possible that the place name is a reference to Egyptian Pharaoh Merneptah (late 1200s BC ); an Egyptian papyrus refers to the “wells of Merneptah” on the mountain ridges of Canaan.

‏ Joshua 15:9

15:9 ^a the spring at the waters of Nephtoah: It is possible that the place name is a reference to Egyptian Pharaoh Merneptah (late 1200s BC); an Egyptian papyrus refers to the “wells of Merneptah” on the mountain ridges of Canaan.