Sepharvaim
    taken by Sargon, king of Assyria (2 Kings 17:24; 18:34; 19:13;
    Isa. 37:13). It was a double city, and received the common name
    Sepharvaim, i.e., "the two Sipparas," or "the two booktowns."
    The Sippara on the east bank of the Euphrates is now called
    Abu-Habba; that on the other bank was Accad, the old capital of
    Sargon I., where he established a great library. (See SARGON.) The recent discovery of cuneiform inscriptions at
    Tel el-Amarna in Egypt, consisting of official despatches to
    Pharaoh Amenophis IV. and his predecessor from their agents in
    Palestine, proves that in the century before the Exodus an
    active literary intercourse was carried on between these
    nations, and that the medium of the correspondence was the
    Babylonian language and script. (See KIRJATH-SEPHER.)



 Sepharvaim, the two books; the two scribes