Sarepta (Gk Σάρεπτα), also known as Zarephath (Heb. /צרפתṣārĕfáṯ), was a Phoenician city on the Mediterranean coast between Tyre and Sidon (Jos. Ant. 8.320; Pliny Nat. 5.17.76), located near the modern-day Lebanese municipality of Sarafand. Although less famous than other Phoenician cities such as Tyre, Sidon, Byblos, and Arvad, Sarepta is mentioned in Egyptian, Assyrian, Hebrew, and Greek documents w…