Joshua 18:23

Good News Translation

Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

Hebrew Names Version
and `Avvim, and Parah, and Ofrat,

King James Version
And Avim, and Pharah, and Ophrah,

Lexham English Bible
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

English Standard Version
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

New Century Version
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

New English Translation
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

Amplified Bible
and Avvim and Parah and Ophrah,

New American Standard Bible
Avvim, Parah, and Ophrah,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Auim, and Parah, and Ophrah,

Legacy Standard Bible
and Avvim and Parah and Ophrah,

Complete Jewish Bible
‘Avim, Parah, ‘Ofrah,

Darby Translation
and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah,

Easy-to-Read Version
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

George Lamsa Translation
Avin, Parah, Ophrah,

Literal Translation
and Avvites, and Parah, and Ophrah,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Auim, Haphar, Aphra,

American Standard Version
and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah,

Bible in Basic English
And Avvim and Parah and Ophrah

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Auim, Parah, and Ophrah,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah;

King James Version (1611)
And Auim, and Parah, and Ophrah,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and Æein, and Phara, and Ephratha,

English Revised Version
and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah;

Berean Standard Bible
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and Bethel, and Anym, and Affara,

Young's Literal Translation
and Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,

Update Bible Version
and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah,

Webster's Bible Translation
And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,

World English Bible
and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah,

New King James Version
Avim, Parah, Ophrah,

New Living Translation
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

New Life Bible
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

New Revised Standard
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and Avvim and Parah and Ophrah,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Avim and Aphara and Ophera,

Revised Standard Version
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and Avvim and Parah and Ophrah,

Contextual Overview

¹¹ The territory belonging to the families of the tribe of Benjamin was the first to be assigned. Their land lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph. ¹² On the north their border began at the Jordan and then went up the slope north of Jericho and westward through the hill country as far as the desert of Bethaven. ¹³ The border then went to the slope on the south side of Luz (also called Bethel), then down to Ataroth Addar, on the mountain south of Lower Beth Horon. ¹⁴ The border then went in another direction, turning south from the western side of this mountain and going to Kiriath Baal (or Kiriath Jearim), which belongs to the tribe of Judah. This was the western border. ¹⁵ The southern border started on the edge of Kiriath Jearim and went to the Springs of Nephtoah. ¹⁶ It then went down to the foot of the mountain that overlooks Hinnom Valley, at the north end of Rephaim Valley. It then went south through Hinnom Valley, south of the Jebusite ridge, toward Enrogel. ¹⁷ It then turned north to Enshemesh and then on to Geliloth, opposite Adummim Pass. The border then went down to the Stone of Bohan (Bohan was a son of Reuben) ¹⁸ and passed north of the ridge overlooking the Jordan Valley. It then went down into the valley, ¹⁹ passing north of the ridge of Beth Hoglah, and ended at the northern inlet on the Dead Sea, where the Jordan River empties into it. This was the southern border. ²⁰ The Jordan was the eastern border. These were the borders of the land which the families of the tribe of Benjamin received as their possession.

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

Genesis 18:4
Let me bring some water for you to wash your feet; you can rest here beneath this tree.

Genesis 18:5
I will also bring a bit of food; it will give you strength to continue your journey. You have honored me by coming to my home, so let me serve you." They replied, "Thank you; we accept."

Genesis 18:6
Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, "Quick, take a sack of your best flour, and bake some bread."

Genesis 18:7
Then he ran to the herd and picked out a calf that was tender and fat, and gave it to a servant, who hurried to get it ready.

Genesis 18:25
Surely you won't kill the innocent with the guilty. That's impossible! You can't do that. If you did, the innocent would be punished along with the guilty. That is impossible. The judge of all the earth has to act justly."

Genesis 20:4
But Abimelech had not come near her, and he said, "Lord, I am innocent! Would you destroy me and my people?

2 Samuel 24:17
David saw the angel who was killing the people, and said to the Lord , "I am the guilty one. I am the one who did wrong. What have these poor people done? You should punish me and my family."

Job 8:3
God never twists justice; he never fails to do what is right.

Job 34:17
Are you condemning the righteous God? Do you think that he hates justice?

Psalms 73:28
But as for me, how wonderful to be near God, to find protection with the Sovereign Lord and to proclaim all that he has done!

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.