A flourishing city in the Roman province of Asia. According to Col. 4: 13 Epaphras worked on behalf of the Churches of Hierapolis and Colossae (19 km. or 12 miles away) and Laodicea (9.6 km. or 6 miles away). There was a sizeable Jewish population.
Citation for Hierapolis
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"Hierapolis." In A Dictionary of the Bible. Ed. W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online. May 26, 2013. <http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e876>.
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"Hierapolis." In A Dictionary of the Bible. , edited by W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online, http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e876 (accessed May 26, 2013).