a-fer'-e-ma (Aphairema and Apherema; the King James Version Apherema). One of three districts taken from Samaria and added to Judea by Demetrius Nicator (1 Macc 11:34). Compare Ant., XIII, iv, 9.
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Aphaerema
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr (1915). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.