Joshua 18:24

Contemporary English Version

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, with their settlements;

Hebrew Names Version
and Khefar-Ha`ammoni, and `Ofni, and Geva; twelve cities with their villages:

King James Version
And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:

Lexham English Bible
Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities and their villages.

English Standard Version
Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, Geba—twelve cities with their villages:

New Century Version
Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba. There were twelve towns and all their villages.

New English Translation
Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—a total of twelve cities and their towns.

Amplified Bible
and Chephar-ammoni and Ophni and Geba; twelve cities with their villages;

New American Standard Bible
Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Chephar, Ammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba: twelue cities with their villages.

Legacy Standard Bible
and Chephar-ammoni and Ophni and Geba; twelve cities with their villages.

Complete Jewish Bible
K'far-Ha‘amonah, ‘Ofni and Geva — twelve cities, together with their villages.

Darby Translation
and Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Geba: twelve cities and their hamlets;

Easy-to-Read Version
Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba. There were twelve cities and the fields around them.

George Lamsa Translation
Chephar-aomka, Ophli, and Gaba; fourteen cities with their villages;

Good News Translation
Chepharammoni, Ophni, and Geba: twelve cities, along with the towns around them.

Literal Translation
and Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni and Gaba; twelve cities and their villages;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Caphar Amonai, Aphni, Gaba: these are twolue cities and their vyllages.

American Standard Version
and Chephar-ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages:

Bible in Basic English
And Chephar-Ammoni and Ophni and Geba; twelve towns with their unwalled places;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Haamonai, Ophni, & Gaba, twelue cities with their villages.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and Chephar-ammonah, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages:

King James Version (1611)
And Chephar-Haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba, twelue cities with their villages.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and Carapha, and Cephira, and Moni, and Gabaa, twelve cities and their villages:

English Revised Version
and Chephar-ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages:

Berean Standard Bible
Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba-twelve cities, along with their villages.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and Offira, the toun of Hesmona, and Offym, and Gabee, twelue citees, and `the townes of tho;

Young's Literal Translation
and Chephar-Haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities and their villages.

Update Bible Version
and Chephar-ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages:

Webster's Bible Translation
And Chephar-haamonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:

World English Bible
and Chephar-ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages:

New King James Version
Chephar Haammoni, Ophni, and Gaba: twelve cities with their villages;

New Living Translation
Kephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve towns with their surrounding villages.

New Life Bible
Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba, twelve cities with their towns.

New Revised Standard
Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve towns with their villages:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and Chephar-ammoni and Ophni, and Geba, - twelve cities, with their villages:

Douay-Rheims Bible
The town Emona and Ophni and Gabee: twelve cities, and their villages.

Revised Standard Version
Che'phar-am'moni, Ophni, Geba--twelve cities with their villages:

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and Chephar-ammoni and Ophni and Geba; twelve cities with their villages.

Contextual Overview

¹¹ Benjamin was the first tribe chosen to receive land. The region for its clans lay between the Judah tribe on the south and the Joseph tribes on the north. ¹² Benjamin's northern border started at the Jordan River and went up the ridge north of Jericho, then on west into the hill country as far as the Beth-Aven Desert. ¹³From there it went to Luz, which is now called Bethel. The border ran along the ridge south of Luz, then went to Ataroth-Orech and on as far as the mountain south of Lower Beth-Horon. At that point it turned south and became the western border. It went as far south as Kiriath-Baal, a town in Judah now called Kiriath-Jearim. ¹⁵ Benjamin's southern border started at the edge of Kiriath-Jearim and went east to the ruins and on to Nephtoah Spring. ¹⁶ From there it went to the bottom of the hill at the northern end of Rephaim Valley. The other side of this hill faces Hinnom Valley, which is on the land that slopes south from Jerusalem. The border went down through Hinnom Valley until it reached Enrogel. ¹⁷ At Enrogel the border curved north and went to Enshemesh and on east to Geliloth, which is across the valley from Adummim Pass. Then it went down to the Monument of Bohan, who belonged to the Reuben tribe. ¹⁸ The border ran along the hillside north of Beth-Arabah, then down into the Jordan River valley. ¹⁹ Inside the valley it went south as far as the northern hillside of Beth-Hoglah. The last section of the border went from there to the northern end of the Dead Sea, at the mouth of the Jordan River. ²⁰ The Jordan River itself was Benjamin's eastern border. These were the borders of Benjamin's tribal land, where the clans of Benjamin lived. ²¹One region of Benjamin's tribal land had twelve towns with their surrounding villages. Those towns were Jericho, Beth-Hoglah, Emek-Keziz, Beth-Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, Chephar-Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ophni: Probably the same as Gophna (ע being often pronounced as G); which, according to Josephus, was about fifteen miles from Jerusalem, towards Shechem, says Eusebius (Onom. in צבסבדמ גןפסןץע.)

Gaba: Gaba or Geba, according to Josephus, was not far from Rama, forty stadia from Jerusalem, and, according to Eusebius, five miles from Gophna, towards Shechem. Joshua 21:17, Ezra 2:26, Nehemiah 7:30

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 13:3 - Geba 1 Kings 15:22 - Geba 1 Chronicles 6:60 - Geba 2 Chronicles 16:6 - Geba Nehemiah 11:31 - from Geba Isaiah 10:29 - Ramah

Cross-References

Genesis 18:13
The Lord asked Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh? Does she doubt that she can have a child in her old age?

Genesis 18:14
I am the Lord ! There is nothing too difficult for me. I'll come back next year at the time I promised, and Sarah will already have a son."

Genesis 18:32
Finally, Abraham said, "Please don't get angry, Lord , if I speak just once more. Suppose you find only ten good people there." "For the sake of ten good people," the Lord told him, "I still won't destroy the city."

Isaiah 1:9
Zion would have disappeared like Sodom and Gomorrah, if the Lord All-Powerful had not let a few of its people survive.

Jeremiah 5:1
The Lord said to me: "Search Jerusalem for honest people who try to be faithful. If you can find even one, I'll forgive the whole city.

Acts 27:24
to tell me, "Paul, don't be afraid! You will stand trial before the Emperor. And because of you, God will save the lives of everyone on the ship."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni,.... Of the two first of these no mention is made elsewhere;

and Gaba is the same with Gibeah, a well known place, because of the foul fact committed there, which had like to have been the ruin of this tribe, Judges 19:14; and for being the native place of King Saul, hence called "Gibeah of Saul", 1 Samuel 11:4; it was about six or seven miles from Jerusalem, 1 Samuel 11:4- :; twelve cities with their villages; which agrees with the account of them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the marginal references. There are many indications found in this and the next chapter that the text is in great disorder, and many of the places are still unknown.

Joshua 18:14

And compassed the corner ... - Render “and turned on the west side southward.” The meaning is, that at lower Beth-horon the northern boundary-line of Benjamin curved round and ran southward - Beth-horon being its extreme westerly point.

Joshua 18:21

The “Valley of Keziz,” or “Emek-Keziz,” is perhaps the “Wady el Kaziz,” at no great distance east of Jerusalem.

Joshua 18:22

Zemaraim, i. e. “two wooded hills,” is supposed to be the ruins called “Es-Sumrah,” on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho.

Joshua 18:23

Ophrah (Joshua 15:9 note), to be distinguished here and in 1 Samuel 13:17 from the Ophrah of Judges 6:11, is probably the Ephrain of 2 Chronicles 13:19, and the Ephraim of John 11:54. It is conjecturally identified with “Et-Taiyibeh,” on the road from Jerusalem to Bethel.

Joshua 18:24

Gaba - This name, like Gibeah, Gibeon, etc. Joshua 9:3, indicates a town placed on a hill, and occurs repeatedly in various forms in the topography of Palestine. Gaba is the Gibeah (if 1 Samuel 13:15-16; 1 Samuel 14:5, where the Hebrew has גבע Geba‛, which is undoubtedly the correct reading throughout. The city was one of those assigned to the Levites Joshua 21:17, and lay on the northern border of Judah. It is identified with the modern “Jeba,” lying on the side of a deep ravine opposite to Michmash (“Mukhmas”). The famous “Gibeah of Saul,” or “Giheah of Benjamin” (the Gibeath of Joshua 18:28) lay at no great distance southwest of Geba, on the high road from Jerusalem to Bethel, and is probably to be looked for in the lofty and isolated “Tulcil-el-Ful.”

Joshua 18:25

Ramah - i. e. “lofty;” probably the native town and abode of Samuel 1Sa 1:19; 1 Samuel 25:1. Its exact site is uncertain.

Joshua 18:26

Mizpeh - See Joshua 11:3. Not the Mizpeh of Joshua 15:38, but the place where Samuel judged the people and called them together for the election of a king 1 Samuel 7:5-16; 1 Samuel 10:17. In the Chaldaean times it was the residence of Gedaliah 2 Kings 25:22; Jeremiah 40:14. Its site is identified with “Neby Samwil,” about five miles northwest of Jerusalem.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 18:24. And Gaba — Supposed to be the same as Gibeah of Saul, a place famous for having given birth to the first king of Israel; and infamous for the shocking act towards the Levite's wife, mentioned Judges 19:16-30, which was the cause of a war in which the tribe of Benjamin was nearly exterminated. Judges 20:29-48.