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Joshua 18:23
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Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
and `Avvim, and Parah, and Ofrat,
And Avim, and Pharah, and Ophrah,
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
and Avvim and Parah and Ophrah,
Avvim, Parah, and Ophrah,
And Auim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
and Avvim and Parah and Ophrah,
and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
Avin, Parah, Ophrah,
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
and Avvites, and Parah, and Ophrah,
Auim, Haphar, Aphra,
and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
And Avvim and Parah and Ophrah
Auim, Parah, and Ophrah,
and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah;
And Auim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
and Æein, and Phara, and Ephratha,
and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah;
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
and Bethel, and Anym, and Affara,
and Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
Avim, Parah, Ophrah,
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
and Avvim and Parah and Ophrah,
And Avim and Aphara and Ophera,
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
and Avvim and Parah and Ophrah,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Ophrah: Situated, according to Eusebius, five miles east of Bethel. 1 Samuel 13:17
Reciprocal: Judges 6:11 - an angel Micah 1:10 - Aphrah
Cross-References
Please let me send for some water, so that you can wash your feet; then rest under the tree,
and I will bring a piece of bread. Now that you have come to your servant, refresh yourselves before going on." "Very well," they replied, "do what you have said."
Avraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, "Quickly, three measures of the best flour! Knead it and make cakes."
Avraham ran to the herd, took a good, tender calf and gave it to the servant, who hurried to prepare it.
Far be it from you to do such a thing — to kill the righteous along with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike! Far be it from you! Shouldn't the judge of all the earth do what is just?"
Now Avimelekh had not come near her; so he said, "Lord, will you kill even an upright nation?
David spoke to Adonai when he saw the angel striking the people; he said, "Here, I have sinned, I have done wrong. But these sheep, what have they done? Please! Let your hand be against me and against my father's family!"
Does God distort judgment? Does Shaddai pervert justice?
Should a hater of justice be in control? If you wouldn't tell a king, ‘You're a scoundrel!' or nobles, ‘You are wicked men!' then you shouldn't condemn the Just and Mighty One, <
But for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made Adonai Elohim my refuge, so that I can tell of all your works.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Avim, and Parah,.... Of the two first of these we read nowhere else;
and Ophrah is not the same with Ophrah in Judges 6:11; that belonged to the tribe of Manasseh, but rather that which was in the land of Shuah, 1 Samuel 13:17. Jerom calls this place Aphrah, in the tribe of Benjamin, and says o, in his time there was a village called Effrem, five miles from Bethel to the east, which very probably is the same with this.
o De loc. Heb. fol. 88. H.
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.
