Gathhepher, or Gittahhepher

(wine-press on the hill), a town on the border of the territory of Zebulun, not far from Japhia, now ’Yafa , (Joshua 19:12,13) celebrated as the native place of the prophet Jonah. (2 Kings 14:25) El-Meshhad , a village two-miles east of Sefurieh , is the ancient Gath-hepher.